Use the .getText() method goddamnit! Bit of a glitch there earlier.. Parsing and then (re-)serializing does not make that much sense in retrospect. 8-]
var oDomDoc = Sarissa.getDomDocument( );
oDomDoc = ( new DOMParser()).parseFromString( responseText, "text/xml");
if( oDomDoc.parseError != 0)
{
alert( "Virhe. Palvelin lähetti epäkelvon vastauksen. (parse error)");
critical( );
}
oDomDoc.setProperty( "SelectionLanguage", "XPath");
var oElem = oDomDoc.selectSingleNode( "//@some_attribute");
var str =Sarissa.getText( oElem);
...