I seen this come up many times.
What I know has worked in the past as context included selectors as
well (without the $)
$("#invalid_email_address", '#mymainarea').html();
so if 'data' were a variable of same said type or allowable types,
wouldn't that still work?
On Jul 27, 8:54 am, "Dan G. Switzer, II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> What happens if you change:
> alert( $("#invalid_email_address",data).html() );
>
> To:
> alert( $("#invalid_email_address", $(data)).html() );
>
> I did not think the context for jQuery would expect a string. I thought it
> had to be a jQuery or DOM object.
>
> The documentation does not state a string will work for
> context.http://docs.jquery.com/Core
>
> $( expr, context )
>
> Return value: jQuery
>
> Parameters:
> expr (String): An expression to search with
> context (Element|jQuery): (optional) A DOM Element, Document or jQuery to
> use as context
>
> -Dan
