STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1. open the following url with java console open:
http://sqeweb/jsn/users/fred/deployment_ws/reappear/deployment_6_UR_int_ws/deployment/src/plugin/FunctionalTest/FunctionalTest/html/SetPAttributeTest.html

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
string "~~~~ attribute is set" is printed in the console
ACTUAL -
"~~~~ attribute not set" is printed in the console.

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

The applet source code is:
http://sqeweb/jsn/users/fred/deployment_ws/reappear/deployment_6_UR_int_ws/deployment/src/plugin/FunctionalTest/FunctionalTest/src/SetPAttributeTest.java

click button "click to set p attribute" can see the result generated by javascript.(The javascript implementation can work on firefox but not work under IE)