JSP freezes after AJAX call !!

Hi,

After clicking the "Submit" button the Action class does the processing and calls the DAO to persist data in the DB.
An Ajax funtion is called which checks if the data submitted has changed status. The code is attached below

Code :

function postProcessStateChange(){
 
if("SUC"==document.forms[0].processingStatus.value)
{		
 
     var innerHtml = document.getElementById("processMessage").innerHTML;
     innerHtml = "<bean:message key="common.maintenanceMsg2"/>&nbsp;&nbsp;
                        <bean:message key="trade.maintenance.tmsTradeId"/>&nbsp;:&nbsp; " + document.forms[0].tmsTradeId.value;
 
     document.getElementById("processMessage").innerHTML = innerHtml;
}
 
if("EXC"==document.forms[0].processingStatus.value)				
  document.getElementById("processMessage").innerHTML = "<bean:message key="common.maintenanceMsg3"/>" ;
if("ERR"==document.forms[0].processingStatus.value)				
  document.getElementById("processMessage").innerHTML = "<bean:message key="common.maintenanceMsg4"/>" ;
 
if("STA"==document.forms[0].processingStatus.value || "PUB"==document.forms[0].processingStatus.value)
{
       if(statusTimeOut <= 60000){
       document.getElementById("processMessage").innerHTML = "<img src='../images/refresh_active.gif'>&nbsp;
                                                                                               <bean:message key="common.maintenanceMsg1"/>" ;
       if(vTradeType == 2) //TRANSRPT
       	self.setTimeout('getRequestStatusTransrpt()', 5000);
       if(vTradeType == 1) //INTL
       	self.setTimeout('getRequestStatusFiss()', 5000);
       if(vTradeType == 0) //DOMESTIC
       					self.setTimeout('getRequestStatus()', 5000); 			
			}
			else
				document.getElementById("processMessage").innerHTML = "<bean:message key="common.maintenanceMsg4"/>" ;
		}	
	}  	
 
 
function getRequestStatus(){
	alert("entered getRequestStatus");
			statusTimeOut = statusTimeOut + 5000;
			var url = "<html:rewrite action='/trademaintenance' />?methodName=getRequestStatus";
			retrieveURL(url, "","span");
			alert("exiting getRequestStatus");
	}
 
	function getRequestStatusFiss(){
		statusTimeOut = statusTimeOut + 5000;
		var url = "<html:rewrite action='/trademaintenanceINTL' />?methodName=getRequestStatus";
		retrieveURL(url, "","span");
}
 
	function getRequestStatusTransrpt(){
		statusTimeOut = statusTimeOut + 5000;
		var url = "<html:rewrite action='/trademaintenanceTRANSRPT' />?methodName=getRequestStatus";
		retrieveURL(url, "","span");
}

The ajax code is

Code :

 
function retrieveURL(url,nameOfFormToPost,ps) {
 
    parser = ps;
    //get the (form based) params to push up as part of the get request
    if(nameOfFormToPost != "")
    	url=url+getFormAsString(nameOfFormToPost);
 
    //Do the Ajax call
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Non-IE browsers
      req = new XMLHttpRequest();
      req.onreadystatechange = processStateChange;
      try {
      	req.open("POST", url, true); //was get
      } catch (e) {
        alert("Problem Communicating with Server\n"+e);
      }
      req.send(null);
    } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
      //alert('Before Call');
      req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
      if (req) {
 
        req.onreadystatechange = processStateChange;
        req.open("POST", url, true);
        req.send();
      }
    }
  }
 
 
/*
   * Set as the callback method for when XmlHttpRequest State Changes 
   * used by retrieveUrl
  */
  function processStateChange() {
 
  	  if (req.readyState == 4) { // Complete
      if (req.status == 200) { // OK response
 
        //alert("Ajax response:"+req.responseText);
 
        //Split the text response into Span elements
        spanElements = splitTextIntoSpan(req.responseText);
 
        //Use these span elements to update the page
        replaceExistingWithNewHtml(spanElements);
 
        //Implement this method in your local jsp for local or page specific changes after a ajax call
        postProcessStateChange()
 
      } else {
        alert("Problem with server response:\n " + req.statusText);
      }
    }
    alert("****exiting processStateChange");
  }
 
 
 function splitTextIntoSpan(textToSplit){
 
  	//Split the document
 	returnElements=textToSplit.split("</"+parser+">")
 
 	//Process each of the elements 	
 	for ( var i=returnElements.length-1; i>=0; --i ){
 
 		//Remove everything before the 1st span
 		spanPos = returnElements[i].indexOf("<"+parser);		
 
 		//if we find a match , take out everything before the span
 		if(spanPos>0){
 			subString=returnElements[i].substring(spanPos);
 			returnElements[i]=subString;
 
 		} 
 	}
 
 	return returnElements;
 }
 
function replaceExistingWithNewHtml(newTextElements){
 
 	alert("new text elements"+newTextElements);
 	//loop through newTextElements
 	for ( var i=newTextElements.length-1; i>=0; --i ){
 
 		//check that this begins with <span
 		if(newTextElements[i].indexOf("<"+parser)>-1){
 
 			//get the name - between the 1st and 2nd quote mark
 			startNamePos=newTextElements[i].indexOf('"')+1;
 			endNamePos=newTextElements[i].indexOf('"',startNamePos);
 			name=newTextElements[i].substring(startNamePos,endNamePos);
 
 			//get the content - everything after the first > mark
 			startContentPos=newTextElements[i].indexOf('>')+1;
 			content=newTextElements[i].substring(startContentPos);
 
 			//Now update the existing Document with this element
 
	 			//check that this element exists in the document
	 			if(document.getElementById(name)){
 
	 				//alert("Replacing Element:"+name);
	 				//alert("containing"+document.getElementById(name).innerHTML);
	 				//alert("with"+content);
	 				document.getElementById(name).innerHTML = content;
	 			} else {
	 				alert("Element:"+name+"not found in existing document");
	 			}
 		}
 	}
 	alert("leaning replaceExistingWithNewHtml");
 }

Once the call return with the message being displayed in the jsp. I can't used any button "Submit" or "Reset".

I have a requirement whrer I need to reset the all fields one the processing
is completed for one trade.