JavaScript innerHTML is not working for IE?

Question

I am using ajax call for to bring the list for my drop down and assign it to html,works fine for mozilla nad crome but for IE it displays a blank dropdown

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Answer 1

The innerHTML property has some problems in IE when trying to add or update form elements, the workaround is to create a div and set the innerHtml property on that before appending to the DOM:

var newdiv = document.createElement("div");
newdiv.innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText;
var container = document.getElementById(id);
container.appendChild(newdiv);