[jQuery] Simple Ajax calls to server for data

[jQuery] Simple Ajax calls to server for data


First, I'm very new to JS/JQ. I've got a simple HTML list of items
that I want updated from the server whenever the user requests it (by
hitting a submit button). The results from the (Python/webpy) server
are held in a list result[]. Here is the html:
<div id="results">

"$result[0]"


<p class="alt">"$result[1]"

"$result[2]"


<p class="alt">"$result[3]"

"$result[4]"


</div>
This is what I have so far:
$.get("/ac", function(data) {
$("result", data).each(function(result_number) {
var result_text = $("result", data).get(result_number);
$("#results").append("

".$(result_text).text()."

");
});
});
Which doesn't work! I'd like to return the results in JSON format for
performance. I know this is very simple to do and all help
appreciated.
Dinesh