Call to jquery ajax - .fail vs. :error

Question

Which one should I use?

Is there any reason to use one rather than the other?

Is one better for error handling?

$.ajax({
    url: url,
             


        

Answer 1

Just to freshen this up...

The success and error approach have been deprecated as of jQuery 1.8.

jQuery Ajax

Deprecation Notice: The jqXHR.success(), jqXHR.error(), and jqXHR.complete() callbacks are deprecated as of jQuery 1.8. To prepare your code for their eventual removal, use jqXHR.done(), jqXHR.fail(), and jqXHR.always() instead.