[jQuery] yet again XML+jQuery+IE7

[jQuery] yet again XML+jQuery+IE7


The following example (from the jquery-doc-site) works fine with
firefox.
however, in IE7 $("element_name", xml).text() returns empty-string
anyone bypassed this issue in the past?
$(document).ready(function() {
// generate markup
$("#rating").append("Please rate: ");
for ( var i = 1; i <= 5; i++ )
$("#rating").append("<a href='#'>" + i + "</a> ");
// add markup to container and apply click handlers to anchors
$("#rating a").click(function(e){
// stop normal link click
e.preventDefault();
// send request
$.post("rate.php", {rating: $(this).html()}, function(xml) {
// format and output result
$("#rating").html(
"Thanks for rating, current average: " +
$("average", xml).text() +
", number of votes: " +
$("count", xml).text()
);
});
});
});