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> On Jul 6, 3:28 am, "Anthony Jones" <A...@yadayadayada.com> wrote:
> > <clockem...@alltel.net> wrote in message
> >
> > news:1183653614.908936.37170@n......
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> > > I welcome all suggestions as to how to solve the following problem,
> > > and I am fully prepared for mountains of criticism!.
> >
> > > I am now prohibited from using XMLHttpRequest and template queries to
> > > return data from an SQL database as I had previously done. Therefore,
> > > I have been using an XMLHttpRequest to return the responseText of an
> > > aspx page that adds the returned data to a blank page using
> > > Response.Write. The blank aspx page has the following XML added to it
> > > by code.
> > > <xml>
> > >    <loaninfo>
> > >        <borrower>
> > >            <firstname>John</firstname>
> > >            <middlename>Fred</middlename>
> > >            <lastname>Harris</lastname>
> > >        </borrower>
> > >        <borrower>
> > >            <firstname>Frank</firstname>
> > >            <middlename>Bob</middlename>
> > >            <lastname>Smith</lastname>
> > >        </borrower>
> > >    </loaninfo>
> > > </xml>
> >
> > > I use the following JavaScript code to return this xml to the aspx
> > > page where it is needed. The aspx page has the following data island
> > > included within the html.
> >
> > > <xml id="xmlDataIsland">
> > > </xml>
> >
> > > The http variable below has been properly set elsewhere in the code. I
> > > am just trying to minimize the necessary code inclusion.
> >
> > > var url = "CreateXMLFile.aspx?strSearch=" + strSearchTerm;
> > > http.open("GET", url, true);
> > > http.onreadystatechange = handleHttpManualSearch;
> > > http.send(null);
> >
> > > function handleHttpManualSearch() {
> > > if (http.readyState == 4)
> > > {
> > >    var strXML = http.responseText;
> > >    document.getElementById("xmlDataIsland").InnerXml = strXML;
> > >    alert("strXML = " +
> > > document.getElementById("xmlDataIsland").InnerXml);
> > > }
> >
> > > The alert displays the xml exactly as it appears on the aspx page from
> > > which it was taken, including the <xml> tags. However, I have failed
> > > to find a way to refer to elements within the data island (I have also
> > > removed the <xml> tags from the responseText, which did not solve the
> > > problem). Is there a way in which I can step through the borrower
> > > nodes to obtain the data contained within, and make use of it in
> > > JavaScript? I was looking for something similar to the way that I
> > > would handle a responseXML in the following manner.
> >
> > > var xmlDocument = http.responseXML;
> > > var root = xmlDocument.documentElement;
> > > if(root.getElementsByTagName('Message').length > 0)
> > > {
> > >    var strMessage =
> > > root.getElementsByTagName('borrower').item(0).firstChild.data;
> > > }
> >
> > I'm a bit confused why you need to use data islands?
> > XMLHttpRequest has a ResponseXML property which will return an XML DOM
when
> > the response content type is "text/xml".- Hide quoted text -
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> How can I set that in client-side JavaScript?

You don't. You do it in the ASPX:-  Response.ContentType = "text/xml"