title: jQuery $.ajax method only sends one item from my serialized array
body: <p>My tomcat log is only showing one item being passed in..</p>
  
  <pre><code>var itemArr = ["someItem", "someItem2", "someItem3"];
  
  $.ajax({
       type: "POST",
       url: "myServlet",
       data: $.param({item: itemArr})    
    });
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The array contains around 20 elements.</p>
  
  <p>Also if i do:</p>
  
  <pre><code>var params = $.param({item: itemArr});
  alert(params);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>All the values come out formatted as <code>item=someitem&amp;item=someitem2</code>..etc etc
  But the ajax post only outputs the first item from the array. I want them all passed through to the server in the request.</p>
  
  <p>Any help would be much appreciated.</p>
  
  <p>EDIT:
  Using version 1.3.2 also tried with 1.4.4 - same problem</p>