ajax returned data does not fetches to <div> or <span>

[funbinod]

i was trying to get some value according to value entered to form <input> field. but it returns value only to another <input> field but not to <div>s or <span>s. i wonder what is the problem. here is what i tried

 

// this is ajax script

// get cqtyfunction getCqty(){var XMLHttpRequestObject;// ...............// ...............if (XMLHttpRequestObject.readyState == 4 && XMLHttpRequestObject.status == 200) {	document.getElementById('cqty').value = XMLHttpRequestObject.responseText;}}var icode = document.getElementById('icode').value;XMLHttpRequestObject.open('POST', 'ajax/cqty.php');XMLHttpRequestObject.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");XMLHttpRequestObject.send("icode=" + icode);}

// this is cqty.php

<?require_once('../functions.php');header("content-type: text/xml");$icode = trim($_POST['icode']);$sql = mysqli_fetch_object(mysqli_query($connect, "select * from stock where icode='$icode'")) or die(mysqli_error($connect));$item = $sql->item;$unit = $sql->iunit;$sid = $sql->sid;$oqty = $sql->oqty;$sql1 = mysqli_fetch_array(mysqli_query($connect, "select sum(pqty),sum(sqty) from tran where sid=$sid")) or die(mysqli_error($connect));$pqty = $sql1['sum(pqty)'];$sqty = $sql1['sum(sqty)'];$cqty = $oqty + $pqty - $sqty;echo "( " . $cqty . " " . $unit . " )";?>

and this is client side

<tr>    <td align="right">Item Code: </td>    <td>    <input type="text" name="icode" id="icode" onkeypress='return tabE(this,event)' onchange="getRate();getItem();getCqty()" />    </td></tr><tr>    <td align="right" width="100px">Item Name:</td>    <td>    <input name="item" id="item" onkeypress='return tabE(this,event)' /><!-- value returns fine here. but if i used <div> or <span> in stead of <input>, nothing is displayed-->    </td></tr>

can anyone please help me find out the problem...

[davej]

You can't use .value with a div or a span. You have to use .innerHTML.

[funbinod]

wow! that's great. i didn't notice that. thank u very much....