AJAX request callback using jQuery

Question

I am new to the use of jQuery for handling AJAX, and have written a basic script to get the basics down. Currently I am POSTing an AJAX request to the same file, and I wish

Answer 1

I believe this post answers one aspect of what you are seeing - the echoing of the entire page in your alert box.

Next, here are some good posts for getting the basics of AJAX:

A simple example

More complicated example

Populate dropdown 2 based on selection in dropdown 1