i resolved the issue, basically i was building the url using location.host +
location.port, when in fact i just need location.host. so the url ended up
being http://hostname:8080:8080, which im guessing IE7 didn't like, but
firefox had no problem with it.
thanks for the response tom
On 2/15/07, Tom Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> I'm unclear why you're trying to force an HTTP header when that's
> already abstracted for you by the variable 'url', and option method:
> 'post'. Let the browser handle it.
>
> My knowledge of HTTP headers is a bit rusty, but don't think 'Man'
> and 'CALL' are valid headers. ;)
>
> 'could be that IE is throwing an exception. Try it w/o your custom
> headers; make sure url, postBody, and parseResponse are defined. If
> it still doesn't work, test it without overriding the contentType.
>
> In other words, reduce your problem to a minimal set until you
> discover your bug.
>
> And one more thing.... IE7 is a bit pickier about where you can AJAX
> to. localhost won't work, as I understand (I've never tried it).
>
>
> TAG
>
>
> On Feb 15, 2007, at 4:37 PM, Joe A wrote:
>
> > it sends the request fine in firefox but it never gets sent in ie7
> > (im using iewatch). here's my code:
> >
> > var headers = ['Man', 'POST http://' + location.host + '/something
> > HTTP/1.1','MessageType','CALL' ];
> > var myAjax = new Ajax.Request( url, { requestHeaders:
> > headers ,contentType: 'text/xml', method: 'post', postBody:
> > myString, onComplete: parseResponse });
> >
> >
> > >
>
>
> >
>
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