How do I get the entire XML string from a XMLDocument returned by jQuery (cross browser)?

If you want both, get the response as XML Document and as string. You should be able to do

success: function(data){  //data.xml check for IE  var xmlstr = data.xml ? data.xml : (new XMLSerializer()).serializeToString(data);  alert(xmlstr);}

If you want it as string why do you specify dataType:xml wouldn't then dataType:text be more appropriate?

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I need the actual XML as a string

You want it as plain text instead of XML object? Change dataType from 'xml' to 'text'. See the $.ajax documentation for more options.

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You can also easily convert an xml object to a string, in your java script:

var xmlString = (new XMLSerializer()).serializeToString(xml);

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