[jQuery] Re: IE XML parsing problem

[Marshall Salinger]

Thanks for the update John and thanks for the patch Joern! I am now 
using the latest version and everything is working as expected.

-Marshall

John Resig wrote:

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