[jQuery] How to safely pass XML string as a param in Ajax Post?

[Karen]

Hi,
I am using $.ajax POST to send some XML string to the server side code
(ASP page).

However, when I try to load the XML string into XMLDocument in the ASP
page , I get an error saying "Invalid character".  :(

If I changed the method to "GET", it works just fine.

Any ideas? Help....

params = "myXML=<zone id='234'>asdf</zone>";

$.ajax({
        url: 'getMeDataWithThisXML.asp',
        type: 'POST',
        data: params,
        processData: false,
        cache:false,
        async: true,
        success: function(result) {
                        xmlObj = result;

                        alert(result.xml);

Thanks a lot,
Karen