TypeError: Result of expression 'div.style' [null] is not an object when loading using XSLT

[kevinpeno]

When loading jquery via an xslt page, Safari 4.0.4 (531.21.10), the latest windows build, throws the following error:

TypeError: Result of expression 'div.style' [null] is not an object.

See attached files for test case.

[kevinpeno]

XML file a user would access

[kevinpeno]

Fixed invalid path to jquery

[kevinpeno]

Also verified that this affects FF 3.6.3 as well. IE 6+ is not affected.

[kevinpeno]

I found a few more things through research today that I think should be taken into consideration when resolving this bug. Please see the references below:

Forum post with the same issue: ​http://forum.jquery.com/topic/using-jquery-from-an-xslt-throws-error-is-undefined-after-that

2008 mailing list message regarding a fix to this issue: ​http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/msg/a86c35b90d143c4f

GitHub submission containing a hack to workaround this issue until it is resolved: ​http://gist.github.com/352210

Thanks!

[snover]

Resetting milestone to future.

[jitter]

#4895 is a duplicate of this ticket.

[snover]

But does anyone care…?

[dvdckl]

More details available in ​ticket 4264 (why are the older XSLT namespace bugs are being marked as duplicates of the newer ones?)

[kevinpeno]

Replying to snover:

But does anyone care…?

I'll provide a patch as soon as I have some time. I assume that will expedite the resolution? Is there anything else I should supply with the patch that will help with getting this resolved and/or approved for a future release?

Replying to dvdckl:

More details available in ​ticket 4264 (why are the older XSLT namespace bugs are being marked as duplicates of the newer ones?)

Hey! Thanks for the reference to your ticket (which is far more comprehensible than mine). I've altered my local copy of ​http://gist.github.com/352210 to add the code below and it resolves all errors with all browsers when using jQuery with namespaces (XHTML) and/or using XSLT. I did note, however, that, unlike you, I did not suffer from document.body issues in webkit browsers. This has likely been fixed recently because I recall having issues with them in the past regarding document.body.

Also, if you haven't, make sure you vote this ticket up ;)

// XSLT causes Gecko and Webkit to not set document.body
if( !document.body )
	document.body = document.documentElement.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];

[kevinpeno]

Also, doesn't this belong under support module?

[Rick Waldron]

Replying to kevinpeno:

Is there anything else I should supply with the patch that will help with getting this resolved and/or approved for a future release?

Adequate unit tests must be added to the jQuery Test Suite. Your tests must pass 100% in at least the following:

• Chrome 5
• Safari 3+
• Firefox 3.0.12, 3.5, 3.6, 4
• IE 6+
• Opera 10.60+

[john]

I don't think that this is something that we're going to reasonably fix. If a patch with a pull request is issued, pleased feel free to re-open this and we can take a look. Thanks!