This should be more than sufficient:
$.get( "test.cfm", function(msg){
alert( "Data Saved: " + $( "MyText", msg).text() );
});
I only just added the success(msg) part last night, when I was writing
the docs. Using $.get() is the simpler way to do it, plus it works now
- sorry for the confusion.
--John
On 9/8/06, Rey Bango <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> No dice John. I updated the xml response to this:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <MyRoot><MyText>FooManchu</MyText></MyRoot>
>
> and changed the .ajax call to this:
>
> $.ajax({ type: "GET",
> url: "test.cfm",
> dataType: "xml",
> success: function(msg){ alert( "Data Saved: " + $( "MyText", msg
> ).text() ); }
> });
>
> and I get the same result. The alert window pops up but the text in the
> child node "MyText" doesn't appear in the pop up.
>
> Rey...
>
>
> John Resig wrote:
> >>The problem that I'm having is that the alert() box simply returns the
> >>message "Data Saved:" without the corresponding text retrieved from the
> >>script.
> >
> >
> > The problem is that you're looking for a MyRoot element within the
> > root element - which is MyRoot, which won't work. You have two
> > options:
> >
> > 1) $(msg).text()
> > 2) Put another element inside MyRoot named something else, like MyText:
> > $("MyText",msg).text();
> >
> > --John
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