We're using jQuery ajax quite a bit without issue. Today, however, we ran into an issue where the results of a query are not displayed. 

fyi... the following works fine in firefox.

scenario: 
1. load ajax "$("#location").load( url... )" used to retrieve results
2. using fiddler, we can see the results are returned as expected
3. results not displayed. look at the updated dom in IE8 with dev tools and the results are not put into the display area

Additional info... 

a. using $("#location").load( url, function(data) { alert(data); }); the alert shows the results are returned via the function call as well.

b. the #location is an empty div.. e.g. <div id="location"></div>

c. if we put some text in the div, it will be removed, by the call, but the results still will not display

d. we have removed all .show(), .hide() options

e. if we remove the ajax call and just do a $("#location").text("blah blah blah..."); the results are displayed

f. we have tried both 1.3.2 and 1.4.a1

again, every variation works just fine in firefox. 

thanks!
Patrick