[jQuery] Possible Firefox issue using jquery.form.js

[John Cole]

Hello,

I am using jquery.form.js v1.1.2 to submit a form behind the scenes
when a link on that form is clicked taking the user away from the form
and to another page.

The code works as intended in certain browsers and platforms but not
in others.  It is also possible for the code to be run on two
different server banks, server-1.domain.com and server-2.domain.com.
It works all of the time on 2 and only on certain platforms/browsers
on 1.

The specific conditions where it does not work are:

    Firefox on Windows and Mac when connected to server-1.domain.com.
Under these conditions, the submitted form values do not appear to be
posted (to a session server) when clicking the link.

The specific conditions where it always works are:

    In IE in Windows on both server-1.domain.com and
server-2.domain.com.

    It works in Firefox on Linux on both server-1.domain.com and
server-2.domain.com.

    It does however work in Firefox on both Windows and Mac when on
server-2.domain.com.

This appears to be a pretty odd issue and seems to involve conditions
on both the client and server side.

Has anyone seen anything like this before?  Any ideas or suggestions
on how to further troubleshoot?

Thanks,
John

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Here is an example of the jQuery form code:

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('.factsheet').click(function() {
        // Set new hidden form field to tell bal index results page to
not transform xsl
        $('#ajax_xml_display').attr("value", "true");
        // Submit the form
        $('#AdvancedSearchForm').ajaxSubmit();
        // Continue to link.
        return true;
    });
});