This could be because your server is not sending the correct mime type of XML documents. If you are serving a server-side page as XML, you must use the server-side language features to set the Content-Type header. If you are just serving .xml pages, make sure the server is sending the correct text/xml mime type:
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Properly_Configuring_Server_MIME_Types#How_to_set_up_your_server_to_send_the_correct_MIME_types On 9/12/07, kalath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey there -- first post on the board, but I see a lot of great and > talented folks on here. Looking forward to interacting with all of you > and I hope I get some knowledge transfer just from association... :-) > > I've been working on grabbing an XML doc using $.ajax. When I was > working on it locally, it would work fine in Firefox and not in IE. > And now when I put it up on an internal dev server I'm getting a > parsererror for both browsers. > > When I use overrideMimeType in Firefox, the issue goes away, but of > course still chokes in IE since it doesn't support that method. I've > set dataType in the $.ajax call to xml but it still seems to fail on > me. > > >From what I can see, I'm able to open the XML doc in browsers just > fine. It isn't malformed. It must have something to do with the MIME > type since overriding it in Firefox works okay. I'm just not sure how > this is possible to do in IE. > > Is there something I'm missing here? Let me know if you want me to > post any code, but I thought I'd just ask generally before getting > into the nitty gritty of things. > > P.S. I'm not using the metadata plugin either...just the new jquery > xpath plugin and taconite. > > -- Ted
