When I run this from http://localserver/getdata.html it works. When I copy it and the jQuery libraries (jquery.js) to my desktop and run it, Firebug shows me:
The Response tab is blank and the XML view shows the following error:
XML Parsing Error: no element found Location: moz-nullprincipal:{462f5076-d371-46d3-a2d3-b639ad771f69} Line Number 1, Column 1:
The output of lookup.asp is should be identical for each request.
Replacing the URL with: http://www.merriam-webster.com/word/index.xml (Miriam Webster's Word of the Day XML) gives me the same error when run from BOTH my desktop AND the web server.
I have searched and others have solved this by changing from XML to JSON, but in this case, my data sources are only available as XML.