I just ended my 2 days 'dance' with IE Ajax and POST
refer to this post if you need more info.
http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/browse_thread/thread/a2f65e23c7f60e06?hl=en#
Might be not your case but with checking.
George.
On Nov 17, 3:27 pm, Reepsy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am sorry I cannot link to example pages due to security
> restrictions. So will do my best to describe the problem with comments
> in my JS.
>
> Firstly, I am using jQuery with jqModal to load a page partial into a
> modal window. That page partial contains a form. When it is submitted,
> I am capturing that info and submitting it via $.ajax() using 'POST'.
> The backend script does its business, and returns some json, which is
> written to the modal.
>
> This all works perfectly in FF, Safari and IE7. Just not IE6. It
> doesn't return any json at all. Further, when I look at my logs, there
> is not even a POST request for the page in question, when using IE6.
>
> Here's the jist of it with /* COMMENTS
>
> /*LOAD A PAGE PARTIAL INTO THE MODAL
> $('#modal-content').load($l).ajaxStop(function() {
> /* IF THERE IS A FORM IN THE MODAL
> if ($(this).children('form').length > 0 ) {
> /* ATTACH THIS TO SUBMIT EVENT
> $(this).children('form').submit(function() {
> /* SERIALIZE THE FORM
> var $s = $(this).serialize();
> /* GET NAME/VALUE PAIR OF SUBMIT BUTTON (THEY AREN"T ALWAYS TEH
> SAME FROM PAGE TO PAGE)
> var $submit = $('input[type="submit"]').attr('name');
> /* ADD IT NAME/VALUES (jQuery serialze() DOESN'T ASSUME THIS
> PAIR)
> $s += '&' + $submit + '=' + $submit;
> $.ajax({
> /* CACHING OFF FOR IE
> cache: false,
> /* MY DATA
> data: $s,
> /* I WANT JSON BACK
> dataType: 'json',
> /* UPDATE MODAL ON SUCCESS
> success: function(data) {
> if(data.flash) {
> $('div.flash, #spinner').remove();
> if(data.flash.classname != 'error') { $('#modal-
> content').html(''); }
> $('#modal-content').prepend('<div class="flash"></div>');
> $('div.flash').addClass(data.flash.classname).html
> (data.flash.message);
> }
> if(data.message) { $('#modal-content').append
> (data.message); }
> if(data.refresh) { window.location.reload(); }
> },
> /* MAKE IT A POST
> type: 'POST',
> /* THE BACKEND SCRIPT
> url: $(this).attr('action')
> });
> /* HIJACK THE FORM SUBMIT
> return false;
> });
> }
>
> });
>
> So I have isolated some scoping issues where IE6 doesn't know what $s
> and $(this).attr('action') are when we are inside the $.ajax() bit. So
> I hard coded correct values for them and tried again. Still nothing
> returned, nor any evidence of a POST made to the page in question.
> Finally, I changed my dataType to this:
>
> dataType: ($.browser.msie) ? 'text' : 'json'
>
> Then, I get can at least get a reponse back from the backend, and I
> see that a POST request was made for the backend script. But that is
> not what I need. I need to get JSON back. The backend script
> absolutely detects JSON requests and returns them in kind for all
> other browser combos. Any idea why not for IE6?
>
> Also, what is wrong with my scope that $.ajax() doesn't know what $s
> and $(this).attr('action') are in IE6?
