ckeckbox value not retrieved correctly

[epitka]

val() does not retrieve correct value of the check box checked attribute. See how referring to the element itself returns "true" yet val() return "".

?$row.find("[id$='_cb']:checked").val() "" ?$row.find("[id$='_cb']:checked")[0].checked true ?$row.find("[id$='_cb']:checked")[0] {object}

accept: "" accessKey: "" align: "" all: {Count = 0} alt: "" attributes: {Count = 108} behaviorUrns: {...} border: "" canHaveChildren: false canHaveHTML: false checked: true childNodes: {Count = 0} children: {Count = 0} className: "" clientHeight: 20 clientLeft: 0 clientTop: 0 clientWidth: 20 complete: false contentEditable: "inherit" currentStyle: {...} dataFld: "" dataFormatAs: "" dataSrc: "" defaultChecked: true defaultValue: "" dir: "" disabled: false document: {object} dynsrc: "" filters: {...} firstChild: null form: {Count = 18} height: 72286252 hideFocus: false hspace: 0 id: "ctlGrid_ctl04_cb" indeterminate: false innerHTML: "" innerText: "" isContentEditable: false isDisabled: false isMultiLine: false isTextEdit: false lang: "" language: "" lastChild: null loop: 1 lowsrc: "" maxLength: 2147483647 name: "ctlGrid$ctl04$cb" nextSibling: {object} nodeName: "INPUT" nodeType: 1 nodeValue: null offsetHeight: 20 offsetLeft: 223 offsetParent: {object} offsetTop: 4 offsetWidth: 20 outerHTML: "<INPUT id=ctlGrid_ctl04_cb type=checkbox CHECKED value="" name=ctlGrid$ctl04$cb>" outerText: "" ownerDocument: {object} parentElement: {object} parentNode: {object} parentTextEdit: {object} previousSibling: { } readOnly: false readyState: "complete" recordNumber: null runtimeStyle: {object} scopeName: "HTML" scrollHeight: 20 scrollLeft: 0 scrollTop: 0 scrollWidth: 20 size: 20 sourceIndex: 50 src: "" Start: "fileopen" status: true style: {object} tabIndex: 0 tagName: "INPUT" tagUrn: "" title: "" type: "checkbox" uniqueID: "msid1" uniqueNumber: 1 useMap: "" value: "" vrml: "" vspace: 0 width: 0

[dmethvin]

Please reopen with a test case.