JQuery: how to add XML node?

Question

Assume parentNode exists and I want to add an element "Child" to it. Following intutive code won't work:

$("<Child/>").appendTo(parentNode);

Because jQuery will create a node <CHILD> and append to parentNode.

So I am wondering, how do you add xml child node in jQuery?

p.s. Following ugly code will work, but it is really really ugly: parentNode.appendChild(parentNode.ownerDocument.createElement("Child"));

p.s.2 $(parentNode).append('<Child /&gt') won't append the child node with jQuery 1.2.6 on FireFox 3. Actually it append nothing. If use appendTo(), it will append a node with name CHILD (all capital).

Answer 1

JQuery is not meant to treat xml. When you use $("<Child/>") JQuery uses a hidden div innerHTML to build the child node, that's why the capitalization differs.