I'm not 100% sure what you're trying to accomplish, but you can output anywhere on the page using a distinct element name.
I have code in which I attach tables generated in jquery to DIVs, for example. And I'm certain you could go the opposite way, as well. Hope that helps, somewhat. On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Tim Johnson <t...@johnsons-web.com> wrote: > > FYI: I am an experienced web programmer (server-side mostly) > with some exposure to javascript and have used ajax calls > and dhtml methods a little. > Furthermore - I do not _yet_ use jquery. > This question is to - some extent - being asked of behalf > of a web designer who himself is not on this ML. > > The designer wants his design to accomodate ajax calls which > would retrieve data via my server-side tools and write the data > to his pages. > > The web designer is accustomed to working with tables. It has > been our understanding that ajax and dhtml don't play well with > tables, thus he has gone to considerable effort and much frustration in > creating a couple of test pages using div tags only - no tables, but > remarks > that this has been very "labor intensive". > > So his (and my question) is: Is it possible and practical to use jquery > ajax calls to write to tables? > What idioms might be necessary? Since this is a general question, > links to discussions or documents are welcome and may be sufficient. > Furthermore, caveats and warning are welcomed also. > thanks > tim >
