Question

    $.post('/ur.l'
          , jQuery('selectors').serialize() 
                               + '&textareaname=" + escape( $("#textarea").val() )
          , function(data) { ... } 
          }
    );

    $.post('/ur.l'
          , {'foo':'bar', 'foobar','qazbar'}
          , function(data) { ... }
    );

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Problems

1. Is it possible to combine the object into {...} the jQuery serialization?

2. jQuery doesn’t seem to serialize textareas, is there a better method than the above?
   I’ve tried and see that the textarea is in the jQuery object, but the text is blank:

   jQuery('input, textarea').serialize()
   

Answer 1

1. jQuery.param will serialize an object into a url encoded string. You can then combine them together.

2. serialize does works with textareas. Make sure you have a valid name on the textarea, and that it is not disabled.