Try $.ajaxSetup({async:true}); I think its the only reasonable explanation.
Btw, i work a lot with ajax and i've never had this problem. 2009/6/2 dann <00d...@gmail.com> > > Thank you both for the help! > > > Is the 30 second request a file upload? > > No file uploads involved: it's just a single text input that's > submitted, but the processes on the server can take awhile. > > > Be sure to set the ajax param 'async' to true. > > In the ajax docs it looks like it's set to true by default ( > http://docs.jquery.com/Ajax/jQuery.ajax#options ) but I also set it > explicitly in the ajaxForm options just to be sure -- alas, to no > avail. Should I set it somewhere other than the ajaxForm options? > > Does anyone know of any working sample code for this functionality I > could look at? It seems like it must be a fairly common issue, so I'm > confused as to why I'm having so much trouble finding information > about it. > -- Gustavo Salome Silva