DOM troubles and inconsistencies

[frozenpeas]

Hi,

I'm building a Mac dashboard widget. My problem comes down to this line:

var todaysTitle = todaysNode.getElementsByTagName("title").length+" title nodes";

On Mac OS 10.5.4, this returns a length value of 1.

On Mac OS 10.4.11, this returns a length value of 0.

Does anyone know why this is and how I can solve this problem?

Thanks!

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[frozenpeas]

Allow me to elaborate a bit... the correct value is 1.

I can't get it the correct value returned on 10.4.11

frozenpeas

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

What is "todaysNode"? What is your markup structure?

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[frozenpeas]

var todaysNode = response.getElementsByTagName("entry")[0];

Markup:

<entry>
    <published>2008-08-07T16:38:40Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-07T22:41:58Z</updated>
    <link type="text/html" href="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.mysite.com/post/10"[/URL] rel="alternate"/>
    <title>My title</title>
    <content type="html">My content</content>
</entry>

So on Mac OS 10.5.4, I'm having no trouble getting what I need. But Mac OS 10.4.11 barfs on it.


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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

On 10.4.11, does "todaysNode" get populated correctly?

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[frozenpeas]

Yes, it does. I've narrowed this problem down to the line that sets "todaysTitle". It's got me scratching my head.

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Can you read the other nodes OK? If so, try changing the node name from "title" to something else.

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