Sending XML from Javascript

I am using Ajax to send XML to an action in one of my controllers. In Firefox I can see that the XML is being sent. The Content-Type is text/ xml. This is the XML I am sending:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <users>   <user action="UPDATE" id="1">     <create_date>09/26/07</create_date>     <first_name>Chris</first_name>     <last_name>Griffin</last_name>     <address>123 Main St.</address>     <city>Anytown</city>     <state>MA</state>     <phone>(201) 555-1234</phone>     <active>true</active>   </user> </users>

Looking at the request var. I can see that RAW_POST_DATA => "<<the

". However it doesn't show up in params. The action is getting

called. Isn't rails supposed to recognize the XML and create a hash from it?