Error: 'document.getElementById(...)' is null or not an object.

[ananjy]

Hi
when i m trying to execute my ajax code using a link to display datas from another page named second.php.,
i got an error when the page loads in "ie"., which runs perfectly in firefox.,

here is my code

<script type="text/javascript">
var i;
function httprequest(i)
{

var xmlhttp;
try
{
 xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
catch(e)
{
  try
  {
  xmlhttp=new Activexobject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
  }
  catch(e)
  { 
    try
	{
    xmlhttp=new Activexobject("MICROSOFT.XMLHTTP")
	}
	catch(e)
	{
	 alert("ur browser doesnot support Ajax");
	 return false;
	}
  }
  
}
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function()
{ 
 if(xmlhttp.readyState==4)
 { 
   
   obj = document.getElementById( "idname" );
   
   obj.innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText;
   getBufferText();
   
 }
}

xmlhttp.open("GET", "second.php?i="+i,true);
xmlhttp.send(null);
}

function call_sec(i)
{
 httprequest(i)
}
</script>

[code=php]
<table id="idname">

.............
first page contents
............... ..

<a onclick="call_s ec(<? echo $i;?>)">second</a></table>
[/code]



when the page loads i get an error "Error: 'document.getEl ementById(...)' is null or not an object"
but works well with firefox.,

could anyone help me.,
its very urgent.,

thanks

[gits]

you have a typo - use:

[CODE=javascript]new ActiveXObject
[/CODE]
in your IE section for creating the request-object.

kind regards

[vjayis]

you have a typo - use:

[CODE=javascript]new ActiveXObject
[/CODE]
in your IE section for creating the request-object.

kind regards

Hi

tried doing with the changes above., but still didnt get rid of the problem.,

thanks

[gits]

please try to use a div instead of a table first ...

kind regards

[vjayis]

please try to use a div instead of a table first ...

kind regards

Hi

tried changing to <div > tag., but not yet got the solution., when the page loads., i get the same error.,

thanks

[gits]

when the page loads? the XMLHttpRequest should be triggered by the buttonclick ... isn't it? what code is executed onload of the page?

kind regards

[ananjy]

when the page loads? the XMLHttpRequest should be triggered by the buttonclick ... isn't it? what code is executed onload of the page?

kind regards

Hi

No code is executed on onload of the page.,
The only script on my page is the javascript used for ajax.

I hav enabled script debugging in browser setting., and get tht error which displays in the aert 'document.getEl ementById('...' ') is null or not an object.,

if i disable the script debugging
the page gets loaded well., and displays the result in the status bar as
"done, but with some errors on the page".,

here is my code again

<script type="text/javascript">
var id;
var action;


function ajaxFunction(id,action)
{

var xmlHttp;
try
  {
  // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
  xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
  }
catch (e)
  {
  // Internet Explorer
  try
    {
    xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
    }
  catch (e)
    {
    try
      {
      xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
      }
    catch (e)
      {
      alert("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
      return false;
      }
    }
  }

xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function()
{ 
 if(xmlHttp.readyState==4)
 { 
 
   document.getElementById("ajax").innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;
 }
}

xmlHttp.open("GET","ajax.php?id="+id+"&action="+action,true);
xmlHttp.send(null);

}

function hidden(id,action)
{
 ajaxFunction(id,action)
}

</script>

kind regards
vijay

[gits]

the only part i could see where the error could come from is here:

[CODE=javascript]document.getEle mentById("ajax" )[/CODE]
do you have a node with id = 'ajax' in your document? ...

kind regards

[ananjy]

the only part i could see where the error could come from is here:

[CODE=javascript]document.getEle mentById("ajax" )[/CODE]
do you have a node with id = 'ajax' in your document? ...

kind regards

Hi got solution for the error,
i just simply added an if condition before tht line and got the solution.,
and thanks for tht.,

but after the page gets loaded.,
it displays the message in status bar as.,
"Done, but with some errors on page."

what might be the error???

how can i get an solution for this.,

regards