Javascript Serializing Question

I'm using the following... // (jquery / pseudo code) var base = $('form[name='gs']').attr('action'); var params = $('form[name='gs']').serialize(); var url = base + '?' + param

Solution 1:

Declare global variables outside the function:

var globalBase, globalParams;

Then cache the values the initial time and update them accordingly:

globalBase   = (globalBase === void(0)) ? 
               $('form[name="gs"]').attr('action') : 
               globalBase;
globalParams = (globalParams === void(0)) ?
               $('form[name="gs"]').serialize() : 
               globalParams;
var url      = globalBase + '?' + globalParams;

If you need to update the base or params based on what is typed on key press, then you can replace the else statements with something like $(yourInput).val().