Remove div?

[UKuser]

How can I remove a div with a known name/id within javascript?

The reason I need to do this, is I have a div called <div id='test'>
which displays some database fields. AJAX/PHP/MYSQL updates the
database and then redisplays the fields within the same div. However
doing this can remove from the DOM all of the fields/input boxes from
the DIV and thus produce a non object/null value error. Not sure if
simply pasting the fields into a new DIV is the best idea.

Thanks

A

[Marcos Toledo]

Hi UKuser,

The best way I know for removing a child from the DOM is to go through
the parent and then removing the child.

function removeElement(element) {
return element.parentNode.removeChild(element);
}

Hope it helps. If someone has a better approach, I'll be glad to learn
it.

Cheers,
Toledo