This page demonstrates some quick examples of the new AJAX Plugin for jQuery.
$("div#html").load("ajax-test.html");
$.get("ajax-test.xml",function(xml){
var text = $("title",xml).text();
$("div#xml").html("<h1>"+text+"</h1>");
});
$("div#dhtml").load("html.cgi",{name:"John"});
$.post("xml.cgi",{
name: "John"
},function(xml){
var text = $("title",xml).text();
$("div#dxml").html("<h2>"+text+"</h2>");
});
$.get("ajax-test.txt",function(txt){
$("div#txt").html("<h1>"+txt+"</h1>");
});