Jquery, Clear / Empty all contents of tbody element?

Question

I thought this would be rather simple but it seems the empty method is not working to clear out a tbody that I have. I would appreciate if anyone knows a proper way to do this,

Answer 1

jQuery:

$("#tbodyid").empty();

HTML:

    

        

            
something
        
    

Works for me
http://jsfiddle.net/mbsh3/