Insert responseXML to Iframe

[nminaker]

I have an iframe on my page and I'm querying a database using AJAX to get an XML result.

I want the insert the XML result into the iFrame on the page.

I tried

document.getElementById('iframeName').innerHTML = ajaxXMLHttp.responseXML

and also a few other variations. The things I found when I googled it... but none seem to work.

Thanks!

Nick

 

[cLFlaVA]

silly question:

is "iFrameName" the ID or the NAME of the iframe?



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[nminaker]

Sorry, I suppose that is a little ambiguous, isn't it?

"iframeName" is actually the ID of the iFrame.

 

[cLFlaVA]

are you sure you have data in ajaxXMLHttp.responseXML? what happens when you do a simple alert?



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[monksnake]

Have you tried setting the RequestHeader content type to xml???

xmlHttpObj(whatever you called it).setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml");

I'm pretty sure .responseXML won't return anything w/o this set.



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[nminaker]

I'm sure this all works because I did have the results from the responseXML placed into a drop down. I just wanted to add more information than the select/options could easily and nicely display.

 

[monksnake]

Duh, I was being stupid, I ran across this

http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=78024

Since iframe is a frame, it must be reponded to as a frame.

So start with the frame reference, THEN the document object.

Start by giving your frame a name, we'll say frame1.

So we do

window.frames["frame1"].document.body.innerHTML = ajaxXMLHttp.responseXML

like the link shows. It does make sense though.



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[cLFlaVA]

monksnake, you shouldn't need the frames[] reference, but you're right about the following .document.body.innerHTML...

in other words - you should still be able to use:

document.getElementById("iframeName").document.body.innerHTML = ajaxXMLHttp.responseXML;

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[monksnake]

You are referencing the iframe within document. I'm not saying you're wrong, you're most likely right. I just need to test this. That's why I chose the frames array reference, I know that works, wasn't sure about your way.

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[!]document[/!].getElementById("iframeName").

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[monksnake]

Hmm I just tested this, and that way doesn't actually work.

document.getElementById("iframeName").document.body.innerHTML = ajaxXMLHttp.responseXML;

It added the innerHTML to the main page body, not the iframe body.

Thanks though, now I definitely know what's what.



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[nminaker]

Thanks guys. Looks like the real problem was that I needed the iFrame to have a name, not just the ID.