jQuery.get callback not called in IE6

Question

I have some Javascript code containing calls to jQuery.get(). I'm passing a callback to receive the response from the server.

In Firefox 3.5 (Windows and Linux) and IE8, the callback is called reliably. In IE6, it's never called.

I've tried jQuery 1.3 and 1.4 -- same result.

Is there some setting in IE6 that could cause such a problem? I've tried IE6 from a couple of different machines, same behavior.

Answer 1

Horse die - come down. I would recommend to stop supporting IE6. As it do Google Gmail, YouTube, Facebook and Digg. The share of IE6 is already negligible.
P.S.> Sorry for my english.

Answer 2

Can you confirm that in IE6 the server talk is taking place and that the data is being received, if not then its not a callback issue but and XmlHttpRequest issue.

Also try setting the dataType attribute in the ajax call to whatever your fetching, so for instances if your fetching an xml document then do

$(function() {
        $.ajax({
                type: "GET",
                url: "some.xml",
                dataType: "xml", //<<<<<<<<
                success: function(xmlData)
                {
                        alert('Fetch')
                }
        });
});

As iv'e heard that it has caused some issues in the past.

Answer 3

I tried many things, without success. Wireshark tells me that the server is sending the requested data back to the browser.

So now I detect IE6 and redirect to a page that says "please upgrade your browser".

That's not ideal, because IE6 is still the default browser on Windows XP. However, our target audience is software developers, and they shouldn't be bothered too much by having to upgrade.