javascript - Error in getting data from xml using AJAX -

i using ajax reading data external xml file giving error "invalid argument" using ie 8

pfb code:

var xhr;  xhr = new xmlhttprequest();       

xhr.open("get","c:/users/abc/desktop/project/poc/ajax/data.xml", false);

 xhr.onreadystatechange = function ()  {   if (xhr.readystate===4 && xhr.status===200)  {    var items = xhr.responsexml.getelementsbytagname('name');   var output = '<ul>';   (var i=0; i<items.length; i++)  output += '<li>' + items[i].firstchild.nodevalue + '</li>';   output += '</ul>';    var div = document.getelementbyid('update');  div.innerhtml = output;  }  }  xhr.send();  

the line in bold giving error. idea ? in advance

you should using url not path, change :

xhr.open("get","c:/users/abc/desktop/project/poc/ajax/data.xml", false); 

to, like

xhr.open("get","http://localhost/your_project/poc/ajax/data.xml", false);