responseText, responseXML parsing

[vunet.us]

My XML HTTP Request sends results in responseText. The result is an
XML file I will need to parse. After research I determined that a
cross browser XML parser will look like this:

responseXML.getElementsByTagName("to")[0].firstChild.nodeValue;

However, I receive responseText, not responseXML. Does anyone know of
the cross browser way to handle this problem?

Thank you.

 

[Martin Honnen]

My XML HTTP Request sends results in responseText. The result is an
XML file I will need to parse. After research I determined that a
cross browser XML parser will look like this:

responseXML.getElementsByTagName("to")[0].firstChild.nodeValue;

However, I receive responseText, not responseXML. Does anyone know of
the cross browser way to handle this problem?

Make sure the server sends its response with the HTTP response header
Content-Type: application/xml
or
Content-Type: text/xml
That way XMLHttpRequest/XMLHTTP knows it is receiving XML and then
populates responseXML.