Browser caching textarea value?

Browser caching textarea value?

Hi:

I have a textarea element, and a link action to empty the textarea.

  1. $('.area').empty();

Normally it works fine. But after a ajax call to send the textarea value, the empty() stops working. I also tried text(), html(), none of them are working. The original text in the textarea still stays there. I have no way changing its value. My guess is firefox caches it or something. Any clue?

Thanks a lot.