If msg is '#myDiv' and you have element with id="myDiv", then $(msg) will
select it.
If you think that's what you're doing and it isn't working for you, either
your id is wrong or msg doesn't hold what you think (maybe it has a trailing
\n?).
--Erik
On 7/2/08, Stompfrog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a problem that I can't crack.
>
> I have a function similar to this..
>
> $.ajax({
> type: "POST",
> url: "some.php",
> data: "name=John&location=Boston",
> success: function(msg){
> alert( "Data Saved: " + msg );
> }
> });
>
> The data that gets passed back to the function from some.php is a
> string which is the id of the div that I want to manipulate in the
> callback function e.g. "#myDiv".
>
> My question is how can I get that div from the callback function using
> the msg variable because $(msg); doesn't work and neither does $
> ("'"+msg+"'");
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Stompfrog
>
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