text() is not working correctly in IE6/7

[rlejsza]

When text() function is called for string without html tags in it, in IE6/7 is not returning value. IE8 (with IE7 compatibility mode is ok), FF3, Opera 9 are working ok.

How to reproduce:

var data = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><string xmlns=\"​http://192.168.2.3:81/WebService.asmx\">TEXT</string> "; var ret = $(data).text();

To fix string in variable data need to be inside some html tag:

var data = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><string xmlns=\"​http://192.168.2.3:81/WebService.asmx\"><a>TEXT</a></string> "; var ret = $(data).text();

alert(ret);

[dmethvin]

$() cannot parse HTML. The string passed there is assigned to a div using div.innerHTML so IE is rejecting the invalid HTML.