[jQuery] Problem with dynamic XML

I have the following code: var cartXml = $("33"); alert(cartXml.find("items").text()); this will spit out 33 in both safari and firefox However in IE it does not produce anything Here is what I have figured out so far: if I change to the following: alert($("33").find("p").text()); this wor

[jQuery] $.ajax - truncates data

$.ajax({ type: "POST", url: "/_webservices/shoppingcart.asmx/AddItemToCart", dataType: "xml", data: "cartdata=" + $("#cartXml").val() + "&sku=" + sku, processData: false, success: function (xml) { $("#cartX