[jQuery] How to get the response text of an .ajax call?

[dalvarado]

Hi,

Simple question.  How do I get the response text of an ajax call?  Right now, 
my call is returning an XMLHttpRequest object, but I don't know how to extract 
the plain text that I'm expecting.  here's the code

                var responseData = $.ajax({
                        type: "POST",
                        url: url,
                        data: paramStr,
                        dataType: "text",
                        async: false,
                        error: function(request, msg){
                                alert( "Error upon saving request: " + msg );
                        },
                        success: function(request) {
                                // alert( "Saved" );
                        }
                });
                alert(responseData);
                var responseText = responseData.html();

As you may have guessed, there is a JS error on the last line of code.

Thanks, - Dave

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