.find doesn't appear to work if the searched for element is the first element it encounters.

Assume I have a page with a table on it that has an id of 'cheese', I want to make an ajax call to replace the table.

If I return:

<table id='cheese'><tr><td>Something</td></tr></table>

from an ajax call

$.ajax({

type: 'GET,

url: 'something.php',

dataType: "html",

success: function(data) {

var $response=$(data);

var ourdata = $response.find('#cheese');

$('#cheese').replaceWith(ourdata);

});

jQuery doesn't find the table. If I wrap the table in, for example

<div id='fake'>

<table id='cheese'><tr><td>Something</td></tr></table>

</div>

jQuery will find it.