Thank you very much, Brett, worked like a charm! Guess I was googling on the
wrong issue. For all, here is the revised script:
<html>
<head>
<title>Read XML</title>
<script src="lib/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
// Changes start here
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: "file:unk.xml",
dataType: ($.browser.msie) ? "text" : "xml",
success: function(data) {
var xml;
if (typeof data == "string") {
xml = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
xml.async = false;
xml.loadXML(data);
} else {
xml = data;
}
// Changes end here, plus one extra closing brace below
var DBArea = '';
// This displays the values from the XML file
DBArea += "xml = :" + xml + ":\n";
// I get blanks here
DBArea += "$(xml).text() = :" + $(xml).text() + ":\n";
// The following gives [Object Object]
var ph_sites = $(xml).find('product_header_sites');
DBArea += "$(xml).find('product_header_sites') = :" +
ph_sites + ":\n";
// And the following gives blanks too
ph_sites = $(xml).find('product_header_sites').text();
DBArea += "$(xml).find('product_header_sites').text() =
:" + ph_sites + ":\n";
// Update the DIV called Content Area with the HTML
string
$("#DebugArea").append("<pre>" + DBArea + "</pre>");
} // end success function
}); // end ajax function
}); // end jQuery function
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="DebugArea"></div>
</body>
</html>
Thanks again,
Doug
-----Original Message-----
From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Brett Ritter
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:18 AM
To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: FW: [jQuery] Re: Newbie: Cannot get .text() to work with IE7
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Knight, Doug <dkni...@mitre.org> wrote:
> Sure could use some help on this one. Does anyone on the list have any clue
> why the .text() function works differently between FF and IE7? I've
Okay, so here's the basics:
It isn't .text(), that's just showing the problem.
The problem is your $(xml) call.
As I understand it, Jquery relies on the underlying DOM parser of the
browser. Non-IE browsers handle XML casually, IE browsers are more
specific. (as easy as it is to rip on MS/IE, I'm not convinced the IE
behavior is wrong, per se, but it's clear that being right doesn't
make things easier).
Google for "JQuery IE XML Parsing" returns a fair number of hits on
this if you want to delve in deeper. Sadly it looks like the answer
is a little complicated.
http://docs.jquery.com/Specifying_the_Data_Type_for_AJAX_Requests
The above link covers your exact case and shows a work around for
loading local files - it may behave differently on a server. I've not
played with it myself as of yet.
Sorry you didn't get a faster response.
--
Brett Ritter / SwiftOne
swift...@swiftone.org
