Local html file AJAX Call and jQuery Woes
From the link that the OP posted with the answer:
When loading XML files locally, e.g. a CD-ROM etc., the data received by Internet Explorer is plain-text, not text/xml. In this case, use the dataType parameter to load the xml file as text, and parse the returned data within the succes function
$.ajax({ url: "data.xml", dataType: ($.browser.msie) ? "text" : "xml", success: function(data){ var xml; if (typeof data == "string") { xml = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM"); xml.async = false; xml.loadXML(data); } else { xml = data; } // Returned data available in object "xml" } }); This worked for me as well.
Just a thought: I remember some GET requests failures with IE. Have you tried POSTing it?