Fix #1987 by only doing remote <script> type ajax with GET requests. All other types will be passed on to XMLHttpRequest.

src/ajax.js

@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ jQuery.extend({
 			jQuery.event.trigger( "ajaxStart" );
 
 		// If we're requesting a remote document
-		// and trying to load JSON or Script
+		// and trying to load JSON or Script with a GET
-		if ( !s.url.indexOf("http") && ( s.dataType == "script" || s.dataType =="json" ) ) {
+		if ( !s.url.indexOf("http") && ( s.dataType == "script" || s.dataType =="json" ) && s.type.toLowerCase() == "get" ) {
 			var head = document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0];
 			var script = document.createElement("script");
 			script.src = s.url;

test/unit/ajax.js

@@ -573,6 +573,25 @@ test("$.ajax() - script, Remote", function() {
 	});
 });
 
+test("$.ajax() - script, Remote with POST", function() {
+	expect(3);
+
+	var base = window.location.href.replace(/\?.*$/, "");
+
+	stop();
+
+	$.ajax({
+		url: base + "data/test.js",
+		type: "POST",
+		dataType: "script",
+		success: function(data, status){
+			ok( foobar, "Script results returned (GET, no callback)" );
+			equals( status, "success", "Script results returned (GET, no callback)" );
+			start();
+		}
+	});
+});
+
 test("$.getJSON(String, Hash, Function) - JSON array", function() {
 	expect(4);
 	stop();