I've got a table of items and categories, sorted by a sort number. in the same cell that the sortnum input is in, there is a span with a status id that differentiates between items and categories so i can modify the correct records in the correct database table.

First, i select all of the inputs and then sort them by the value of the input. next, i loop through the inputs, creating two arrays: one array contains the type of entry, and the other contains the id of the entry.

After the loop, i join each array into its own variable, sortlist and typelist. Next, i perform a .post passing the two lists to my server.

The problem is, on the server side, those two variables are getting a "[]" appended to the end of them, and since i'm working in coldfusion, the only way to get data from them is with evaluate. I can get by using evaluate(), but i'd rather not have to. So far i haven't found a way to get the value of this variable. has anyone else ran into this issue and found a solution?

1. <table>
2.       <tbody>
3.             <tr>
4.                   <td><span>1</span><input id="1" type="text" class="sortnum" /></td>
5.             </tr>
6.             <tr>
7.                   <td><span>1</span><input id="2" type="text" class="sortnum" /></td>
8.             </tr>
9.             <tr>
10.                   <td><span>7</span><input id="3" type="text" class="sortnum" /></td>
11.             </tr>
12.             <tr>
13.                   <td><span>7</span><input id="4" type="text" class="sortnum" /></td>
14.             </tr>
15.             <tr>
16.                   <td><span>6</span><input id="5" type="text" class="sortnum" /></td>
17.             </tr>
18.       </tbody>
19. </table>
20. $('.updateSort').bind('click',function(e){
21.        // select inputs and sort them
22. var $inpArr = $('input.sortnum').sort(function(a,b){
23. var keyA = parseInt(a.value);
24. var keyB = parseInt(b.value);
25. return keyA < keyB ? -1 : keyB < keyA ? 1 : 0;
26. }),
27.         // declare arrays
28. sortlist = [],
29. typelist = [];
30.         // loop through inputs
31. $inpArr.each(function(){
32.                 // add id of this input to sortlist
33. sortlist.push(this.id.split('-')[1]);
34.                 // get status id
35. var status_id = parseInt($(this).prev().text());
36.                 // if status_id is less than 5, this is a category, else, this is an item
37. if (status_id < 5) {
38. // this is a category
39. typelist.push('cat');
40. } else {
41. // this is an item
42. typelist.push('item');
43. }
44. });
45.         // convert arrays to lists
46. sortlist.join(',');
47. typelist.join(',');
48.         // post to server
49. $.post('index.cfm',{action:'ajax',method:'updateSort',sortlist:sortlist,typelist:typelist});
50. e.preventDefault();
51. });

-- Kevin

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