It's easy, see this thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/browse_frm/thread/95718c9aab2c7483/af37adcb54b816c3?lnk=gst&q=parsexml#af37adcb54b816c3
On Feb 1, 5:56 am, "pp...@fragrance-world.net"
<fragrance2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have the following code:
>
> var cartXml = $("<data><carttotals><items>33</items></carttotals></
> data>");
>
> alert(cartXml.find("items").text());
>
> this will spit out 33 in both safari and firefox
>
> However in IE it does not produce anything
>
> Here is what I have figured out so far:
>
> if I change to the following:
>
> alert($("<div><span><p>33</items></span></p>").find("p").text());
>
> this works in IE, Safari, and firefox
>
> it seems with IE you need to use real html tag names and not ones that
> are made up.
>
> Does anyone know how I can fix this?
