I'm trying to use some ajax to keep my browsers clean, but it ain't
happening. I guess I may need to use comet instead!
Here's the xmlfile I'm trying to use to populate a combobox in a webpage and
the xml gets returned, but I can't get the nodes to show up.
>From a sample I found on the internet
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<PLAYS>
<PLAY>
<TITLE>What the Butler Saw</TITLE>
<AUTHOR>Joe Orton</AUTHOR>
<YEAR>1969</YEAR>
</PLAY>
<PLAY>
<TITLE>The Ideal Husband</TITLE>
<AUTHOR>Oscar Wilde</AUTHOR>
<YEAR>1895</YEAR>
</PLAY>
</PLAYS>
What I want to happen is when the browser opens, in the body onload, I call
an ajax function to grab the data, then fill an existing combobox. Here's
the syntax I'm using that is actually getting the data, and will display the
xml in an alert. It just won't show any of the nodes.
ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
responseText= ajaxRequest.responseText;
document.myForm.officials1.value = ajaxRequest.responseText; // this will
fill a text box with the xml
alert(ajaxRequest.responseText); //works
var myrequest= ajaxRequest.responseXML; //works
alert(myrequest.getElementsByTagName("PLAYS")[0].text); // doesn't work
Anyone?
John Harvey
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