[jQuery] Re: simple getting elements from ajax response not working

[Mike Alsup]

> Hi Mike,
>
> yes, the response is an html with just a bunch of li's with a bunch of
> other within each li.

Ok, then I would think this should work:

success: function(response) {
    var $li = $('<div/>').append(response).find('li.show');
    var id = $li.attr('id);
    ...
}