[Xsltforms-support] XSLTForms xf:submit issues

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Hi,

I've been working with XSLTForms and have noticed that there's a fair amount of inconsistency between the submission process across different browsers.   I've set up the most simplistic example I can and I wanted to post to the group to see whether anyone could offer any advice.  

Here's the simple XML instance (1.xml):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<item>
    <name>Simple instance</name>
</item>

And here's the XForm (submit.xml):
<?xml-stylesheet href="xsltforms/xsltforms.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<?xsltforms-options debug="yes"?>
<html
   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
   xmlns:xf="http://www.w3.org/2002/xforms"
   xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
   xmlns:ev="http://www.w3.org/2001/xml-events">
   <head>
      <title>XSLTForms - Basic Submission [post] example</title>
      <xf:model>
         <xf:instance id="default" src="1.xml" />
<xf:submission id="save" method="post" action="http://localhost:8080/exist/rest/db/edit/save-new.xq" ref="instance('default')">
<xf:toggle case="case-busy" ev:event="xforms-submit"/> 
<xf:toggle case="case-submit-done" ev:event="xforms-submit-done"/> 
<xf:toggle case="case-submit-error" ev:event="xforms-submit-error"/> 
</xf:submission>
         </xf:model>
   </head>
   <body>

<xf:input ref="/item/name">
<xf:label>Name: </xf:label>
</xf:input>
        <xf:submit class="store" submission="save"> 
            <xf:label>Save</xf:label> 
        </xf:submit> 

         <xf:switch> 
            <xf:case id="ready"/> 
            <xf:case id="case-busy"> 
                <p>Waiting for results from server...</p> 
            </xf:case> 
            <xf:case id="case-submit-error"> 
                <p>Submit error</p> 
            </xf:case> 
            <xf:case id="case-submit-done"> 
                <p>Submit done</p> 
            </xf:case> 
        </xf:switch> 
   </body>
</html>

I've been testing the submission process with eXist 1.4 and I'm using beta 2 of XSLTForms - all tests so far have been conducted using Windows XP.   These are the results I'm getting with the following browsers:

Internet Explorer 8 - successfully saves the document/instance to a collection *and* displays the response (without replace="all") even being required..

Chrome - reports a submit error but *does* save the document/instance to a collection.

Firefox 3.5.x - reports a submit error and does not save the document/instance.  From looking at the submission in Firebug, it would appear that it isn't even sending the instance with the request.

Opera 10.01 - reports a submit error and does not save the document/instance.  

For what it's worth, I've used the same XForm markup and achieved a successful submission using the firefox plugin and the nightly build of ubiquity-xforms with Firefox 3.5.x

Do these results tally with anyone else's findings?   It would be great to at least get the submission process working with Firefox as it has such a large market share.   Can anyone offer me any advice based on my posting? 

Would there be any benefit in trying the same tests with a nightly build?  Can I send more specific console/debug information to help out with this?

Many thanks in advance,
A