how to read xml file from safari?

[onoprise]

i am currently using the code below from w3schools to parse a xml file and it works fine in firefox and ie, but when i try to view the site from safari, i get an error

here is the error from safari:

Value undefined (result of expression xmlDoc.load) is not object.

i am using the following code (originally from w3schools):

function loadXMLDoc(dname) 
{
try //Internet Explorer
  {
  xmlDoc=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
  }
catch(e)
  {
  try //Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, etc.
    {
    xmlDoc=document.implementation.createDocument("","",null);
    }
  catch(e) {alert(e.message)}
  }
try 
  {
  xmlDoc.async=false;
  xmlDoc.load(dname);	
  return(xmlDoc);
  }
catch(e) {alert(e.message)}
return(null);
}

i tried following the xmlhttpreq example from apple, but i couldnt get to work.

if anyone has any advise, i'm all ears. thanks in advance.

[diltony]

Why not use some server scripts to do the parsing? that way u can avoid browser dependency errors, i am not sure of ur favorite server language, i usually work with jscript/php/mysql/ajax, but i know that all server languages like asp, asp.net...can parse xml properly