mkmanning, you are right. my mistake. -raja
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 9:38 PM, mkmanning <michaell...@gmail.com> wrote: > > But won't work if the parent element contains other elements. Why not > just use .remove() on the span? Btw, an ID that is a number (or starts > with a number) is invalid. > > On Apr 16, 6:21 am, Raja Koduru <kscr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> $("#57").parent().empty() >> >> could work. >> check here:http://docs.jquery.com/Manipulation >> >> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 6:01 PM, dziobacz <aaabbbcccda...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > I have: >> >> > <span id='57'> >> >> > bla bla bla <br/> >> > <a href='#' > something1 </a><br/> >> > <a href='#' onclick='clickk(57); return false;'> DELETE </a> >> > <br/><br/> >> >> > </span> >> >> > How can I delete span element with id=57 and also everything inside ?