[jQuery] problem with ajax

[Danbh]

Hey everyone,
I'm trying to use the jQuery.ajax function, to fetch a webpage on
which I would like to run some jQuery on that page.

The problem that I am running into is that dataType field.  I am
setting it to xml, but ajax keeps returning text.  Here is the code:

XML_page = jQuery.ajax({  //get the whole page via ajax
    url: "",
    data: 'q='+mucie_get_q(),
    async: false,
    dataType: "xml",
  });

XML_page.responseXML will be equal to null, but .responseText will
contain the document.


I've also tried converting responseText to something useful, using
jQuery(responseText), but that hasn't worked for me either.  When I
try to find/select by id, i get "this.getElementsByTagName is not a
function"

Any advice for the problems that I am running into, either getting
ajax to return a DOM, or converting the string to a DOM?

Thanks,
Dan