Why $(xmlContent).find("..").text() returns empty string?

Asked Sep 11 '13 at 18:51

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Why text() returns empty string on MyPage.aspx ? .find and .filter do find "imagesPaths" node.

<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">

function MyFunction(albumNb) 
{    
//xmlContent = "<images><imagePaths>2</imagePaths><imageTitles>title1,title2,title3, 
//title4</imageTitles></images>"

$.ajax({
    url: "MyPage.aspx?albumNb=1",
    type: 'GET',
    success: function (res) {
       var xmlContent = res.xml;             
       $imagePaths = $(xmlContent).find("imagePaths").text();  //returns empty string, Why? 
       //$imagePaths = $(xmlContent).filter("imagePaths").text(); //also returns empty string 

    }
 });

}

Thank you

edited Sep 11 '13 at 18:52

crush

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asked Sep 11 '13 at 18:51

Karen Slon

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Have you parsed the XML yet? – tymeJV Sep 11 '13 at 18:52
Can you show us the XML that you are `GET`ting with your `AJAX` call? As @tymeJV suggested, is it actually `application/xml` or is it simply an XML string? – crush Sep 11 '13 at 18:53
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what is `res`? is it an object? a string? you have no dataType and haven't given us the raw response therefore we have no way of knowing what you are receiving. It could be JSON, XML, Text, HTML, we don't know. – Kevin B Sep 11 '13 at 18:54
var xmlContent value is mentioned above $.ajax call – Karen Slon Sep 11 '13 at 18:57
@KarenSlon It seems that xmlContent is simply an XML string. [You need to turn it into an XML object.](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3054108/how-to-convert-string-to-xml-object-in-javascript) – crush Sep 11 '13 at 18:58
Try with `var xmlContent = $.parseXML(res.xml);` – tymeJV Sep 11 '13 at 18:58
res is object and it's xml assigned to xmlContent variable – Karen Slon Sep 11 '13 at 18:58
.parseXML does not work because JQuery version is 1.4.2 – Karen Slon Sep 11 '13 at 18:58
sorry, version is 1.3.2 – Karen Slon Sep 11 '13 at 18:58
See my comment for a [non-jquery version](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3054108/how-to-convert-string-to-xml-object-in-javascript). – crush Sep 11 '13 at 18:59
Damn...I'm assuming the jQuery version is out of your control, yes? – tymeJV Sep 11 '13 at 19:00

Why $(xmlContent).find("..").text() returns empty string?

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