Confused by ajax xml parsing

Confused by ajax xml parsing

I keep getting a parseerror using the basic AJAX function.

I know that the XML file I am sending is as follows:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<response><Player><gameIndex>0</gameIndex>
      <name>Billy</name>
      <coins>25</coins>
      <tickets>9</tickets>
      <id>234234</id>
      <guildId>4</guildId>
</Player>
<Player><gameIndex>1</gameIndex>
      <name>Mitch</name>
      <coins>0</coins>
      <tickets>9</tickets>
      <id>234235</id>
      <guildId>4</guildId>
</Player></response>
 

This is, obviously, only an example.

What about this is throwing a parseerror?

-mdb






















edit:  Yeah, adding that now:

$.ajax({
        type: "GET",
        url: "response.php",
        success: xmlParser,
        datatype: xml,
        error: xmlError,
        ifModified: true
        });


It actually worked CORRECTLY when I removed the "datatype" parameter, which is weird.

And, printing out the error in my function "xmlError"

function xmlError(request, textStatus, errorType)
{
     $("#firstdiv").append(textStatus);
}

This adds the text "parseerror" to the page, with no more details.  I also added some line breaks to my XML for readability.  I see no reason that the above XML should not parse correctly - is it possible that jquery's parser enforces no leading or trailing whitespace?  If so, I'd call that a bug.