As Klaus mentioned it looks like a Microsoft extension.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/methods/getattribute.asp

http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/WD-DOM-Level-1-20000929/DOM.txt

And oddly enough, IE6 is throwing an error that points to line 702 in 
jQuery, which is this line. You can reproduce this at:

http://imaptools.com:8081/maps/demo.html

and double click on the map in IE6.

-Steve

Antonio Collins wrote:
> Second parameter is search type. 
> vAttrValue = object.getAttribute(sAttrName [, iFlags])
> 
> sAttrName Required. String that specifies the name of the attribute. 
> 
> iFlags Optional. Integer that specifies one or more of the following flags: 
> 0 Default. Performs a property search that is not case-sensitive, and
> returns an interpolated value if the property is found. 
> 1 Performs a case-sensitive property search. To find a match, the uppercase
> and lowercase letters in sAttrName must exactly match those in the attribute
> name. 
> 2 Returns the value exactly as it was set in script or in the source
> document. 
>   
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Brandon Aaron
> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 8:24 AM
> To: jQuery Discussion.
> Subject: Re: [jQuery] Question on jQuery 1.0.2
> 
> I would also like to know what the 2 is for. I didn't know
> getAttribute() could take a second param.
> 
> --
> Brandon Aaron
> 
> On 10/9/06, Stephen Woodbridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I was testing and found some very strange behavior in IE6 and Opera 9 
>> but works fine on FF 1.0.5. It looks like the problem is pointing to:
>>
>> line: 704
>> return elem.getAttribute( name, 2 );
>>
>> in this block of code:
>>
>> ...
>>          } else if ( elem.getAttribute != undefined ) { alert(name + " 
>> = " + value);
>>              if ( value != undefined ) elem.setAttribute( name, value );
>>              return elem.getAttribute( name, 2 );
>>          } else {
>> ...
>>
>>
>>
>> Is this correct?
>> What does the 2nd argument do?
>>
>> -Steve
>>
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