Joern committed a patch for this the other day: http://dev.jquery.com/browser/trunk/plugins/metadata/lib/jQuery/metadata.js
I hope this helps! --John On 4/10/07, Marshall Salinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Diego A. wrote: > I've been fighting with this bug too and I believe I've found the fix. > I can't be 100% sure, but I believe the problem was in the jquery.metaData > plugin. > The fix has worked for me and 2 other people so far... > > Here is the fix I posted on my blog, hope it helps. And if it does work for > you, then this is definitely what's been driving so many people crazy! > > http://fyneworks.blogspot.com/2007/04/fix-for-jquery-bug-in-ie-working-with.html > > = Fix for jQuery bug in IE - Working with XML documents = > > It's been driving me crazy and I'm not alone (1, 2). But I've finally > managed to fix the weird jQuery bug in IE when working with XML documents > (or so I hope). > > The bug isn't in jQuery itself, it's in the very popular Metadata plug-in, > used to load meta data and settings from elements using the class property. > > The Error: Lines 101 - 105 in the Metadata plugin. > if ( $.meta.single ) > this[ $.meta.single ] = data; // Throws error on XML documents in IE > else > $.extend( this, data ); // Throws error on XML documents in IE > > this.metaDone = true; // Throws error on XML documents in IE > > > The fix: Find lines 75-77 in the Metadata plugin: > $.fn.setArray = function(){ > return setArray.apply( this, arguments ).each(function(){ > if ( this.metaDone ) return; > > And make the following change: (add line) > $.fn.setArray = function(){ > return setArray.apply( this, arguments ).each(function(){ > try{ this['meta']=null; }catch(e){ return; } // Detect and trap error > if ( this.metaDone ) return; > > And that's it! This fix will allow Metadata to do what it does on HTML > elements and not throw that obscure "Object doesn't support this property or > method" error in Internet Explorer. > > I just wanted to say thank you for posting this. I ran into the same problem when trying to get IE 7 to parse xml. I was also including the metadata plugin on the page and was unable to get the text from any xml nodes. I added the error catching code and it fixed the problem. Thanks, Marshall