POST does not work in Firefox but works in chrome

Hi,

I'm making a ajax call as

xmlhttp.setRequestHeader ("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");

xmlhttp.open ("POST", url);

xmlhttp.send (parameters);

url, parameters are already declared.

When this code is executed. post works fine (parameters are being set in application) in chrome, but not in firefox.


When i looked through the contents through sniffer (wireshark).

I found out that
in Firefox:
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; char-set: UTF-8

Where as in chrome:
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

does char-set affects post call?. If yes, how can i call request header to not to set "char-set"


Can any one please let me know how i can proceed with this.

I would try to post form through regular form using firefox first;
then if it is successful, moved it to ajax method.

Is yours uploading files too?

Please elaborate on what "post does not work" exactly means, and provide a link to a live example, so we can see the server response.

Sorry for the confusion.

When i make call as below from javascript:

xmlhttp.setRequestHeader ("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");

xmlhttp.open ("POST", url);

xmlhttp.send (parameters);

And observed in sniffer (wireshark):

I found out that when the html file which calls the above javascript is opened
in Firefox:
Content-Type is observed as:
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset: UTF-8

Where as in chrome:
Content-Type is observed as:
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

I want to avoid, 'charset: UTF-8" string set for Content-Type.

Is there any way with setRequestHeader function so that charset:UTF-8 can be removed for Content-Type?.

The webserver which i have can only understand "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

I dont have any live link to demonstrate this.


Let me know if any thing is not clear.

Please help me out in resolving this.

So what is the actual charset you want to use here? If it is ISO-8859-1 you can write this:

xmlhttp.setRequestHeader ("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset: ISO-8859-1");

Don't be misled by the Chrome Content-type. Even if no charset is specified there is still one charset being used. You will have to find out which one ...