Ajax not being called by select - php

Question

Hi I have a select box that when it is changed I want the value in a database to be updated via Ajax. Using the console I can see that my saveedit2.php file is not being called.
Select Box
<form><select id="workingpattern">
<?php
if(isset($workingpatterns) && !empty($workingpatterns)){
foreach($workingpatterns as $k4=>$v4) {
?>
<option value="<?php echo $workingpatterns[$k4]["workingpatternid"]; ?>">
<?php echo $workingpatterns[$k4]["text"]; ?></option>
<?php }}?>
</select></form>
Ajax:
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#workingpattern').change(function(){
var e = document.getElementById("workingpattern");
var value = e.options[e.selectedIndex].value;
$.ajax({
url: "saveedit2.php",
type: "post",
data: value,
success: function(data) {
console.log(data);
}});
});
</script>
SaveEdit2.php
<?php
require_once("connect_db.php");
$value=$_POST['value'];
$sql = "UPDATE employmenthistory SET workingpatternid = '$value' WHERE employmenthistoryid=1";
$result = mysqli_query ($dbc, $sql) or die(mysqli_error ($dbc));
?>

Answer 1

There are a few issues that I see. First, I would use 'this' to get the element and use jQuery to get the value since you are using it already. Secondly, you need a name for the value in the data set:
$('#workingpattern').change(function(){
var value = $(this).val();
$.ajax({
url: "saveedit2.php",
type: "post",
data: 'value='+value,
success: function(data) {
console.log(data);
}
});
});

Answer 2

Try
Ajax
$('#workingpattern').change(function(){
var value = $("#workingpattern").val();
$.ajax({
dataType: "json",
url: "./saveedit2.php",
data: {'value':value},
success: function(data){
if(data['result']=="ok")
alert("Done");
else
alert("Error");
}
});
SaveEdit2.php
<?php
require_once("connect_db.php");
$ajax_result = "error";
$value=$_POST['value'];
$sql = "UPDATE employmenthistory SET workingpatternid = '$value' WHERE employmenthistoryid=1";
$result = mysqli_query ($dbc, $sql) or die(mysqli_error ($dbc));
if($result)
$ajax_result = "ok";
echo json_encode(array('result'=>$ajax_result));
?>