jQuery Ajax checkbox state

Question

I have checkboxes on my page for which I would like to send their state back to the database via ajax. I know how to use jquery with ajax, but I don\'t know how to get the chec

Answer 1

if ($("#yourCheckboxID").is(":checked")) {  
    // checkbox is checked 
} else {
    // checkbox is not checked 
}

will do the job.