Non-ajax GET/POST using jQuery (plugin?)

Question

This is one of those situations where I feel like I\'m missing a crucial keyword to find the answer on Google...

I have a bag of parameters and I want to make the br

Answer 1

Here's what I ended up doing, using the tip from redsquare:

(function($) {
    $.extend({
        doGet: function(url, params) {
            document.location = url + '?' + $.param(params);
        },
        doPost: function(url, params) {
            var $form = $("<form method='POST'>").attr("action", url);
            $.each(params, function(name, value) {
                $("<input type='hidden'>")
                    .attr("name", name)
                    .attr("value", value)
                    .appendTo($form);
            });
            $form.appendTo("body");
            $form.submit();
        }
    });
})(jQuery);

Usage:

$.doPost("/mail/send.php", {
    subject: "test email",
    body: "This is a test email sent with $.doPost"
});

Any feedback would be welcome.

Update: see dustin's answer for a version that works in IE8