[jQuery] jQuery on Firefox doesn't work with server side redirect

[jQuery] jQuery on Firefox doesn't work with server side redirect


Hi
I'm using jquery 1.3.2 with firefox 3 and IE 6+.
The problem I'm facing is with a call like:
$("#send").click(function() {
        $.ajax({
            url: "http://localhost:8080/SampleRedirect/api/sample.xml",
            type: "GET",
            dataType: "xml",
            cache: false,
            success: function (message) {
                alert("SUCCESS " + message.xml);
            },
            error: function (xhr, status) {
                alert("ERROR" + status);
            }
        });
});
The request is handled on tomcat with a Java EE filter that redirects
to a different server (same host but different port
http://localhost:8081/SampleRedirect/api/sample.xml).
1) On IE the call returns on "success" with the requested file
accessible through the variable "message".
2) On Firefox the call returns on "error" with the error code "302"
redirect.
I need to do the redirection to invoke a server side component that
can't be access directly from the front-end application server due to
cross-domain limitation.
How can I solve the problem on Firefox?
Any help is really appreciated.
Thanks
Andrea