That 'religious' bit is a bit offensive don't you think? There are good reasons for failing silently as Mike, Richard and Jeffrey have pointed out. The fact you don't accept/understand them doesn't make their (and mine) opinions less empirical.
- ricardo On Nov 5, 5:10 pm, brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now $('#non-existing-id').fail().toggle() will fail, > > but will work if it's not empty. > > That's actually right on the money. Thanks. > > //Still thinks fail silently on id queries is insane, but knows a > religious argument when he sees one.