[jQuery] jQuery AJAX IE Error

[MediaJunkie]

The offending jQuery code:

                        $.ajax({
                                type: "POST",
                                url: "/?ct=rating&rt_v=rr&rt_rk=" + 
markerObject.number,
                                dataType: "html",
                                success: function(dataSet) {
                                        var status = $("status", 
dataSet).text();
                                        if (status == "ERROR") {

The error IE gives:

Line: 173
Character: 6
Code: 0
Error Message: 'undefined' is null or not an object

Line 173 is:

 if (status == "ERROR") {

This code works just fine in FF and Safari.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

- Brad