Upgrade from jQuery 1.3.2 to 1.4 sortable serialize stops working

Question

i just upgraded from jquery 1.3.2 to 1.4 - and I found my sortables serialize not working anymore?! anyone else experience this problem? heres the code:

    $(document).ready(function() { 
$("#list_to_sort").sortable({ 
  handle : '.handle', 
  update : function () { 
    var order = $('#list_to_sort').sortable('serialize'); 
    $("updated-div").load("whatever.sort.serialize.php?"+order);
  } 
}); 

}); Thanks Mark

Answer 1

The sortables are part of jQuery UI. You might want to update to latest alpha release of jQuery UI (1.8).

Answer 2

My error... jQuery 1.3.2 accepted the $("div").load() without the the #div actually beeing present. 1.4 doesn't allow this anymore! Adding the div to the html page made it work! Learnt something there and like always clean coding is the essence of saving time! Thanks anyway!

Answer 3

I discovered why the serializing "isn't working". The new jquery has changed the way it does serialization. You can set it back to the traditional mode using this:

<script type="text/javascript">jQuery.ajaxSettings.traditional = true;</script>

See the Ajax section here: http://jquery14.com/day-01/jquery-14