Yes you do, if you want to filter by ID. Unless the variable pid = "#some_id".
On Jun 9, 1:29 pm, Danny <d.wac...@prodigy.net> wrote: > You probably don't want the '#' character in there: > $("div:not("+pid+") form span").css("background-color","yellow"); > > On Jun 9, 11:45 am, mkmanning <michaell...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > $("div:not(#"+pid+") form span").css("background-color","yellow"); > > > On Jun 9, 8:19 am, squalli2008 <m...@paskell.co.uk> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Im trying to select all spans in divs containing forms that dont have > > > a certain id.... > > > > $("div:not([id='#'+pid]) form span").css("background-color", > > > "yellow"); > > > > This selects all spans regardless of the ID...... Any suggestions > > > would be great! > > > > Thanks in advance...