How to send multiple data fields via Ajax?

The correct syntax is:

data: {status: status, name: name},

As specified here: http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/

So if that doesn't work, I would alert those variables to make sure they have values.

You can send data through JSON or via normal POST, here is an example for JSON.

 var value1 = 1;
 var value2 = 2;
 var value3 = 3;   
 $.ajax({
      type: "POST",
      contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
      url: "yoururlhere",
      data: { data1: value1, data2: value2, data3: value3 },
      success: function (result) {
           // do something here
      }
 });

If you want to use it via normal post try this

 $.ajax({
      type: "POST",
      url: $('form').attr("action"),   
      data: $('#form0').serialize(),
      success: function (result) {
         // do something here
      }
 });

Try with quotes:

data: {"status": status, "name": name}

It must work fine.