the selector for an id is #, sou you should use "#someID" instead of "someID" for the appendTo() function.
by(e) Stephan 2009/1/31 Nicky <nha...@gmail.com>: > > Hi All, > > I'm fairly new to jQuery so I apologize if I'm missing something > straightforward but doing this: > > $('<div/>') > .attr('id', 'someID') > .insertBefore(elm); > $('<p/>') > .appendTo('someID'); > > Seems to give me errors. If I change "appendTo('someID')" to a > different element's ID, it works fine, so I get the feeling that it > can't append to the just-created div. Is this not the case? What > should I do to move forward? > > Thanks for the help! >