Well, you should consider reading the doc sometimes : http://docs.jquery.com/Core/jQuery#expressioncontext
> By default, if no context is specified, $() looks for DOM elements within > the context of the current HTML document. If you do specify a context, such > as a DOM element or jQuery object, the expression will be matched against > the contents of that context. > $("div#update1").html($('div#update1', data)); And if you had read even a bit further you might have stubled on that : http://docs.jquery.com/Ajax/load#urldatacallback It allows you to do that : $("div#update1").load("InteractionsByCompanyr6.aspx div#update1 > *", { alpha: alpha }); $("div#update1") is who will recieve the contents in your existing page "InteractionsByCompanyr6.aspx div#update1 > *" says you load (using get) your asp page and just keep the contents of update1 to insert. { alpha: alpha } is the get parameter to happend the query Ain't it nifty ? Michel Belleville 2009/11/4 SECSteve <dde...@gmail.com> > I have been able to get the .get method to work and put the results in > a <div>. My problem is that my .get calls ont he same page as it > originates from so it returns the entire page inot the <div>. I get > the entire page with my new content inside the existing page. How > do I get just the new content for my <div>? > > Here is me code. > > function updateCompanies(alpha){ > $.get("InteractionsByCompanyr6.aspx?alpha=" + alpha > ,"" > , function(data){ > $("div#update1").html(data); > } > ); > } > > > Thanks, > Steve >