Ticket #2374: jquery-1.2.3-ie_ajax_patch.txt

--- jquery/jquery-1.2.3.js  Wed Feb  6 13:23:17 2008
+++ jquery/jquery-patched.js    Thu Feb 21 05:56:55 2008
@@ -2838,9 +2838,16 @@
    },
 
    httpData: function( r, type ) {
+       var isIE = window.ActiveXObject ? true : false;
        var ct = r.getResponseHeader("content-type");
        var xml = type == "xml" || !type && ct && ct.indexOf("xml") >= 0;
-       var data = xml ? r.responseXML : r.responseText;
+       var data = xml ? (isIE ? r.responseText : r.responseXML) : r.responseText;
+
+       if (isIE) {
+           var xmldom = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLDOM');
+           xmldom.loadXML(r.responseText);
+           data = xmldom;
+       }
 
        if ( xml && data.documentElement.tagName == "parsererror" )
            throw "parsererror";