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I want to convert XMLDocument object that I'm getting as a response from an ajax request, to a string. I tried using 

new XMLSerializer()).serializeToString(xmlObject)

and I get the following response:-

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><ns2:errorList xmlns:ns2="http://www.abc.com/api/delivery/V1"><error code="DOMAIN_VALIDATE" path="delivery.shipper"><message>empty</message></error><error code="DOMAIN_VALIDATE" path="delivery.shipperSite"><message>empty</message></error><error code="DOMAIN_VALIDATE" path="delivery.leg"><message>invalid</message></error></ns2:errorList>

Means the method converted the whole XMLDocument into string, including the very first tag

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>

I don't want this part of the response. Is there any method that does that. Note: I don't want to use the workarounds like "substr" etc.

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You can do this by serializing just the root node:

new XMLSerializer().serializeToString(xmlObject.documentElement);

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/timdown/LmWkL/

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Thanks for the resolution @TimDown. It works –  paras2682 Jul 16 '13 at 8:41
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