Hmmm the '>' on it's own shouldn't select anything. Add '*' after it, e.g.:
$('comments>comment:eq('+i+')>*',xml)
That should select all child elements.
Karl Rudd
On Jan 4, 2008 8:28 AM, chrismarx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> this one's odd.
> this works:
>
> $('comments>comment:eq('+i+')',xml).each(function(){
> responses[i][$(this).attr("NAME")] = $(this).text();
> });
>
> but this doesn't:
>
> $('comments>comment:eq('+i+')>',xml).each(function(){
> responses[i][$(this).attr("NAME")] = $(this).text();
> });
>
>
> the only difference being the extra ">" in the selector
>
>
> $('comments>comment:eq('+i+')',xml)
> $('comments>comment:eq('+i+')>',xml)
>
> i need to access the child elements. this works fine in firefox. in ie
> i get this error
>
> Line: 19
> Char: 222
> Error: Object doesn't support this property or method
> Code:0
> etc
>
> and then is rightfully throws other "undefined" errors from lines in
> my own code, since the selector failed.
> any ideas?
>
