XML parsing using jQuery

Question

I have the following xml:

Answer 1

Try running the code from your browser's console instead of when the document is ready. It will allow you to iterate on things much quicker. Try FireBug in Firefox for starters. I find the FB console to be much easier to use when debugging complex actions than what you get in a Webkit based browser.

You might also try adding error and complete callback functions to your $.ajax() call.

$.ajax({
    // ...
    error: function (req, err_type, ex) { console.log("error..."); },
    complete: function (req, status) { console.log("complete..."); }
});

You can also try tossing in some alerts or console.logs inside your success handler. Just enough to make sure you know it is being called and is getting the xml result that you expect it to get.