innerHTML does not work in IE?

[Rajesh Khan]

Hi I am facing a simple problem it seems as if IE cant recognize my innerHTML and returns with a run time error it works in firefox and chrome
Here is what i am trying to do

   console.log(rx);
    document.getElementById("username").innerHTML = rx;

the string gets displayed in the console but i get a run time error on the next line.
The element username is present in a div element. any ideas why i am getting this ??

[Bear Bibeault]

Not enough info. What's in rx? Have you verified that the element is being fetched? What's the exact error? Just saying "I got an error" isn't helpful.

[Marcin Kwiatkowski]

innerHTML is broken in IE and depending on your use case there are different workarounds. For example:
var text = document.createTextNode(someText); div.appendChild(text);

[Rajesh Khan]

Bear Bibeault wrote:Not enough info. What's in rx? Have you verified that the element is being fetched? What's the exact error? Just saying "I got an error" isn't helpful.

Rx is a string which the java function received as a response from an http asynch request. And yes i verified it. by using console.log(rx) also it works in firefox but not in IE . All i get is "runtime error" according to IE 8.0

[Marcin Kwiatkowski]

You have to open Developers Tools (F12) in order to access console in IE8.

[Eric Pascarello]

What is username? Is it a input, div, etc?
What is the string you are trying to add to the page?

Eric

[Bear Bibeault]

Rajesh Khan wrote:Rx is a string which the java function received as a response from an http asynch request.

That does not answer my question.