# Problem with AJAX not working on IE

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-ajax-not-working-on-ie/52597>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 17, 2006, 1:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-ajax-not-working-on-ie/52597 "2006-01-17T01:09:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![cvcomp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@cvcomp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cvcomp)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 1:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-ajax-not-working-on-ie/52597/1 "2006-01-17T01:09:34Z")

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I’m having a problem making this code to work on IE:

var Permit = {  
// Expand permit information  
onMore: function(id) {  
new Ajax.Updater(‘pm-’+id+’-lg’, ‘/employees/sign\_permit\_lg/’+id,  
{asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true,  
onLoading:function(request){ General.onSpinnerOn(‘pm-’+id+’-sm’)  
},  
onComplete:function(request){  
General.onSpinnerOff(‘pm-’+id+’-sm’);  
Element.hide(‘pm-’+id+’-sm’);  
Effect.Appear(‘pm-’+id+’-lg’);  
} } );  
}  
}

This code works just fine on Firefox 1.5 but goes nowhere on IE. The  
General.onSpinnerOn/Off functions show show/hide a div that has the  
spinning  
ball thingy. Has anybody encountered a problem when trying to run an  
Ajax.Updater that never comes back in IE but has no problem on  
Firefox/Mozilla?

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

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**Author:** ![cvcomp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@cvcomp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cvcomp)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-ajax-not-working-on-ie/52597/2 "2006-03-20T15:34:34Z")

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Picking up an old thread…

I have the same problem, where a simple link\_to\_remote works fine in  
Safari and Firefox, but doesn’t update the page in IE. The request is  
sent to the server though, the returned partial just never shows up in  
IE. No script errors or anything.

Has anyone else seen this? Any ideas how to fix it?

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**Author:** ![cvcomp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@cvcomp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cvcomp)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-ajax-not-working-on-ie/52597/3 "2006-03-20T16:10:14Z")

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This may not be the same problem you’re having, but I’ve noticed that IE  
doesn’t like to do fancy things with anything but div and span tags. I  
was trying to :update tables and some other tags, and it just wouldn’t  
work. It worked fine on Safari and Firefox.

Carl-Johan K. wrote:

> Picking up an old thread…
> 
> I have the same problem, where a simple link\_to\_remote works fine in  
> Safari and Firefox, but doesn’t update the page in IE. The request is  
> sent to the server though, the returned partial just never shows up in  
> IE. No script errors or anything.
> 
> Has anyone else seen this? Any ideas how to fix it?