html() Function NEVER works.

[David]

a very simple function like alert($('#example').html()); doesent work. error: Syntax error, unrecognized expression:

Anything i try with html() doesent work. I have 1.7.1 jquery. I also have jquery ui, but even without it, it doesent work. always error

[dmethvin]

​http://jsfiddle.net/thcuR/