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Check out http://docs.jquery.com/DOM/Traversing/Selectors for some info on selectors On 8/19/07, Michael Lo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear all: > > can some one help > why sometime i load some html like > $("somediv").show("slow").load("some.html"); > some javascript function on "some.html" won't work > but it will work when call it alone? > > Thanks!! > > Michael >