Value of jQuery generated checkbox in IE8 is stored as “on” rather than actual value?

Question

The following example code works in FireFox but IE is causing problems.

This code essentially renders a list of dynamic checkboxes according to a JSON array.

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Answer 1

It would seem IE does not like the way the checkbox attributes are set; if that is changed to the following IE is happy: http://jsfiddle.net/tS3cs/

$("
")
.append(
    ''
)
.append(
    $(document.createElement('label')).attr({
        'for': 'category-' + catid
    })
    .text(catname)
)
.append(
    $("
").addClass("clear")
)
.appendTo("#ProfSelector ul");

$('#category'+catid).attr('checked',selected);