Ruby Rails - structuring data for AJAX call to controller action

Question

I have need for a button on my site which can send information to the create action of a controller (\"pagetimes\"). It seems to be working, although it is not sending all t

Answer 1

 function submitForm() {
      alert("checked the button - worked");
      $.ajax({
           type:'POST', 
           url: '/pagetimes/create', 
           data: $.param({ pagetime: {pagename: "whatever", start: 7, end: 21 }})
      });
 }

Answer 2

$.post( "/pagetimes/create", { pagename: "whatever", start: "7", end: "21"  })
.done(function( data ) {
  alert( "Data Loaded: " + data );
});