javascript request.responseXML

Chances is Yes its Null beacuse

http://radio.javaranch.com/pascarello/2006/09/12/1158096122600.html

sorry....all four points we evaluated but was not the problrm.
anything else ?

no the first point is not validated !
You have to add an http header : "Content-Type:text/xml"

yes I did that already...the original code snipet doen't show it. I tried it both ways, with & without it.
Below is the Revised code snippet.

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request = createRequest();
request.open("GET", "http://www.AmericanMarketingGroup.net/ws/get_date_time.asp", false);
request.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml");
request.send(null);
if (request.readyState == 4) {
if (request.status == 200) {
var responseDoc = request.responseXML;
var textDoc = request.responseText;			
var xmlDoc = responseDoc;
alert("Status:"+request.status+"\nText Length:"+textDoc.length+"\nText:"+textDoc+"\nXML Length:"+xmlDoc.length+"\nXML:"+xmlDoc);

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making these changes...makes the "xml length" display different values...

var xmlDoc = request.responseXML;                            //<-- xml length=undefined
//var xmlDoc = request.responseXML.xml;      //<-- xml length=0

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request = createRequest();
request.open("GET", "http://www.AmericanMarketingGroup.net/ws/get_date_time.asp", false);
request.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml");
request.send(null);
if (request.readyState == 4) {
if (request.status == 200) {
var responseDoc = request.responseXML;
var textDoc = request.responseText;	
		
var xmlDoc = request.responseXML;	         //<-- xml length=undefined
//var xmlDoc = request.responseXML.xml;	//<-- xml length=0
 
alert("Status:"+request.status+"\nText Length:"+textDoc.length+"\nText:"+textDoc+"\nXML Length:"+xmlDoc.length+"\nXML:"+xmlDoc);

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you don't have to put the header in the request but in the response, that is to say in get_date_time.asp.

nope...
put ("Content-Type", "text/xml") into the header of the generating xml page....same response as before.

self-discovered