It seems that FF3 will always attach charset=UTF-8 to post requests, even if you define it otherwise.
I tested this on FF2 and changed the charset to what I was after (windows-1253) but still, non-latin characters were not stored & displayed correctly. I assume my problem is server-side rather than client side, but the question remains: Why do non-latin characters display correctly when doing a non-ajax, non-javascript POST, and why do they change to unreadable characters when otherwise? (FF will change them to UTF-8, whilst IE will change them to question marks) Anyway, I wrote a small plugin to submit my forms in a hidden iframe so that to avoid ajax. Problem solved. Works in all browsers, including IE. Hope it helps: http://www.nicolas.rudas.info/jQuery/xajaSubmit.js On Jan 24, 7:30 pm, Nicolas R <ruda...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > Unfortunately no I can't post a link, the site is private and contains > lots of sensitive user data. > > I observe request using FF's firebug. As I said, using GET will change > the content-type to whatever I specify. When using POST, the content- > type may change but the charset part will not. > > For example, if I specify > xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-type','application/x-www-form- > urlencoded;charset=windows-1253'); > > firebug will show the content-type to be > > Content-Type : application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8 > > I tried using the form plugin and doing ajaxSubmit rather than $.ajax, > but still the charset remains UTF-8. > > Is this normal JS behaviour? > > Thanks > > Nicolas > > On Jan 24, 3:14 am, Mike Alsup <mal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I need some help here guys. > > > > I'm trying to modify the content-type and accept-charsetrequest > > > > headers of an ajax call and it seems that beforeSend does not really > > > > change the XHR object. > > > > > My code is something like this: > > > > beforeSend : function(xhr) { > > > > > > > > xhr.setRequestHeader('Accept-Charset','windows-1253'); > > > > > > > > xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-type','application/x-www-form- > > > > urlencoded;charset=windows-1253') > > > > } > > > > > I need the charset to be windows-1253 and not UTF-8, as the database > > > > and everything in between (server side scripts) are encoded with > > > > windows-1253. > > > > > My html page has the correct charset specified: > > > > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; > > > > charset=windows-1253" /> > > > > <meta http-equiv="Content-Script-Type" content="text/javascript; > > > > charset=windows-1253" /> > > > > > If I submit the form without ajax, the charset is ok and my data is > > > > saved correctly. Otherwise non-latin characters are replaced with > > > > weird characters. From what I understand, changing the charset & > > > > encoding to UTF-8 is currently not an option. > > > > > Any suggestions? Is this a jquery bug or I'm I doing something wrong? > > > It seems that when I use GET instead of POST, the content type header > > > is correctly changed to what I specify. > > > > But even so, this is not a stable fix as I want to POST. > > > > Any ideas? > > > Hi Nicolas, > > > Can you post a link to a page that shows this behavior? How are you > > observing the outgoing request headers? > > > Mike > >
