apply plugin to a new element in the DOM (jquery)

Question

I am using the jquery tablesorter plugin and applies it to a table with id : #table

my search facility requests for results via ajax and replaces the table with a ne

Answer 1

expanding on what Q8-coder said, anything you insert into the dom (even if it was there before) usually must be rebound to any event handlers and functions.

supposedly jQuery's made (or is making) a deep clone of DOM Nodes including the event handlers as well. this would be cool, because it solves this problem.