# AJAX and childNodes\[\] **URL:** \ **Category:** web dev\ **Created:** [January 24, 2006, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ajax-and-childnodes/176464 "2006-01-24T11:51:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![Sammo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sammo/32/779_2.png) [@Sammo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Sammo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ajax-and-childnodes/176464/1 "2006-01-24T11:51:27Z")

Hey, I’ve been trying to get the grips with some basic ajax, but i’m having some problems. I can’t seem to get childNodes to ever work. ```javascript Make a request

``` This is the code I’m using, and it’s called this file: ```xml I'm a test. ``` If I run the hasChildNodes() function it returns true, and I can get the tagName variables of the root tag, but whenever I throw a childNodes into it all I see is “Loading…” with no output of the data.