I see, thanks guys.
I guess I can't do it without making server side changes.
O well!
Dan
On 5/23/07, Mike Alsup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> The key to this working properly is to ensure that the server is
> returning its response with an XML mime type.
>
> In PHP do this:
> <?php header('Content-type: text/xml'); ?>
>
> In JSP do this:
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] contentType="text/xml"%>
>
> In CF do this:
> <cfheader name="Content-Type" value="text/xml">
>
> Mike
>
> On 5/22/07, Danbh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
>
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