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CoryMathews · 02-23-2008, 05:11 AM

My whole 3 hours of ajax experince has hit a brick wall. I am able to get the data i want through the ajax but i cannot get it to update the display of the page. Heres what i am trying to use.

Code:

//strait from w3schools.com
//well almost i changed a little.
<script type="text/javascript">
function ajaxFunction(){
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("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
      return false;
      }
    }
  }
  xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function() {
    if(xmlHttp.readyState==4) {
      alert(xmlHttp.responseText);
      document.getElementByName('guide1')=xmlHttp.responseText;
      }
    }
  xmlHttp.open("GET","test.php",true);
  xmlHttp.send(null);
  }
</script>

And my call to the function.

Code:

echo "<h7 name=\"guide1\">8</h7><a href=\"#\" onClick=\"ajaxFunction()\">+ Guide</a>...

All the test.php does is output the word done. and when i click on my link here the alert box says done. but the h7 tag will not update. Any ideas where im screwing up?