on further investigation it actually is calling the error handler and giving a parsererror. For now I just check the browser and if FF do text datatype, xml for all others. a crummy workaround but i guess it will do.
On Feb 21, 12:48 pm, Scott Vickers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to call a .net webservice with a get and no parameters. > It is returning a simple xml doc with a single string element like > this: > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <string xmlns="http://www.mysite.com/";> > blahblah > </string> > </xml> > > here is the jquery code I am using: > $.ajax({ > type:"GET", > dataType: "xml", > url:$link.attr('href'), > contentType: "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", > data: {useSsl:useSsl}, > success: function(data){ > var res = $('string',data).text(); > $('#' + dest).html(res); > }, > error: function(data){ > ShowErrorMessage(dest); > } > }); > This works great in all browsers EXCEPT on pages where > document.domain="mysite.com"; is set. It seems if the datatype is set > to xml on the pages in question the success callback is never fired in > firefox, no js errors show up in firebug either and IE works as > expected. > If I change the datatype to text and then in the callback make it: > var res=$(data).text(); it works wonderful in firefox, but only comes > up with a blank string in IE doh! > any suggestion on how to make it work? we currently require the > document.domain setting because of iframing some 3rd party content. > any help is appreciated, this is driving me crazy.
