select change event is triggering multiple times

Question

Hi,

Very strange thing is happening with the 'change' event of the dropdown list.

Basically I have a dropdown, on change of which i have to do some cross domain web service call. This call is being made from the javascript itself.

For the first time when i change an item in the 'select' list the change event is triggered only once. Next time twice and it grows like this.

Any clue why is it behaving like this?

If code needed for reference i can share. But its a simple 'select' list and 'change' event handler there.

$("#ArtifactSort > select").change(function() {        

    var rankField= "";
    rankField = $("#ArtifactSort > select option:selected").text();

    alert('within select change event artifact: '+ rankField );

    //Making the text little lighter and showing the loading icon.
    //$("#ArtifactPetalContentUL").css("filter", "alpha(opacity: 30)");
    $loadingIconForArtifact = addLoadingIcon("ArtifactPetalContentUL", "Artifact");

    var refinedStoresLocal= new Array();
    for (var storeIndex in _searchResponseForArtifact.searchResult.searchRequestProcessed.stores) {
        refinedStoresLocal.push(_searchResponseForArtifact.searchResult.searchRequestProcessed.stores[storeIndex].name);
    }

    var refinedFiltersLocal = new Array();
    for (var filterIndex in _searchResponseForArtifact.searchResult.searchRequestProcessed.filters) {
        refinedFiltersLocal.push(_searchResponseForArtifact.searchResult.searchRequestProcessed.filters[filterIndex]);
    }

    //rankfield.
    var rankLocal=new Array();
    rankLocal.push(new RankingField(rankField, 1, 0));
    //Request object and WS Call.
    var _searchRequestForArtifactLocal = getArtifactSearchRequestObject(_queryStringLocal, _memberId, _communityId, _pageNumber, _pageSize, propertiesForArtifact, refinedStoresLocal, ClassificationClusteringObjectsForArtifact, refinedFiltersLocal, rankLocal);
    getSearchResponse("successcallForArtifact", _searchRequestForArtifactLocal);
});

Thanks Subrat.