Passing large string through AJAX

[fraser5002]

Hi i am using the following to try and add a string to a mysql database

 

 

  var ajax_connection = createRequest();

  ajax_connection.open('get', "addtodb.php?text=" + textstring);

  ajax_connection.send(null);

 

My problem lies when the string gets large >2000 characters as IE can no longer use URLs this long.  How else can i achieve passing such a large string ? My idea was to use a cookie or a session but it seems a bit overkill in my opinion.  Is there anything simpler?