AJAX, Firefox and innerHTML

[gregson09]

Hi everybody!

The function below puts data in two HTML div containers on a webpage. In Internet Explorer, it works perfectly. However in Firefox, it only works for the "bookedShifts" div container - nothing appears in the second container?? If I uncomment the alert statement however, all the correct HTML is correctly stored in responseText, so I have no idea why innerHTML didnt put it in there! Anybody got any suggestions? Thanks very much for your help!

 
    function updateShifts() {
    
      /* Update booked shifts section */
      var xhoBooked=GetXmlHttpObject();
      if (!xhoBooked) {
        alert( "This browser does not support the technology required to use this website.");
        return false;
      }
      url = "phplib.php?function=updateBookedShifts";
      var bookedShiftsContainer = document.getElementById('bookedShifts');
      xhoBooked.onreadystatechange = function() {
        if ( xhoBooked.readyState == 4 ) {
          bookedShiftsContainer.innerHTML = xhoBooked.responseText;
        }
      }
      xhoBooked.open( "GET", url, true );
      xhoBooked.send( null );    

      /* Update available shifts section */
      var xhoAvail=GetXmlHttpObject();
      if (!xhoAvail) {
        alert( "This browser does not support the technology required to use this website.");
        return false;
      }      
      url = "phplib.php?function=updateAvailShifts";
      var availShiftsContainer = document.getElementById('availShifts');
      xhoAvail.onreadystatechange = function() {
        if ( xhoAvail.readyState == 4 ) {
          availShiftsContainer.innerHTML = xhoAvail.responseText;
          //alert( xhoAvail.responseText );
        }
      }
      xhoAvail.open( "GET", url, true );
      xhoAvail.send( null );      
}

[cocktailbuilder]

Get FireBug - it will help you debug the issue. Set a breakpoint where the problem is, and things will become clear.

[Kerowren]

there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the code. maybe you can show us more, in case the error is in another location?