Using jQuery to perform a GET request and using the resulting data
<p>I have a page, let's call it "callme.html" which only has this content:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>abc</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Now I want to fire the following:</p>

<pre><code>$.get("callme.html", function (data) {

    alert(data);     

}, "text");
</code></pre>

<p>I am using jQuery 1.4.2 mini and the page is called but the alert is empty.</p>

<p>Any ideas why? I'd like the popup to contain <code>abc</code></p>

<p>I've also tried the following</p>

<pre><code>$.ajax({
   url: "callme.html",
   async: false,
   success: function (data) {
       alert(data);
    }
});
</code></pre>
