[jQuery] How to safely pass XML string as a param in Ajax Post?

[jQuery] How to safely pass XML string as a param in Ajax Post?


Hi,
I am using $.ajax POST to send some XML string to the server side code
(ASP page).
However, when I try to load the XML string into XMLDocument in the ASP
page , I get an error saying "Invalid character". :(
If I changed the method to "GET", it works just fine.
Any ideas? Help....
params = "myXML=<zone id='234'>asdf</zone>";
$.ajax({
url: 'getMeDataWithThisXML.asp',
type: 'POST',
data: params,
processData: false,
cache:false,
async: true,
success: function(result) {
            xmlObj = result;
            alert(result.xml);
Thanks a lot,
Karen