Change Specific Html Table Row By Jquery.ajax

[Placid 1]

I have an HTML table generated by PHP querying from MySQL table.

    <table>
       <tr>
          <th>Sl</th>
          <th>ID</th>
          <th>Article Name</th>
          <th>Publish Status</th>
       </tr>
       <?php
          $i = 1;
          foreach ($obj->showAllFromTable('pattern') as $pattern) {
          extract($pattern);
          ?>
       <tr>
          <td><?php echo $i++; ?></td>
          <td><?php echo $id; ?></td>
          <td><?php echo $pattern_name; ?></td>
          <td id="publish_<?php echo $id; ?>" class="status_pattern">
             <?php echo $publish; ?>
          </td>
       </tr>
       <?php
          }           
          ?>
    </table>

I want to change the status of any article by clicking on the 'publish' cell of the corresponding article row. I am trying to use ajax method of jquery for this purpose as shown in the following:

    <script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function(){    
    $('.status_pattern').click(function(){
        var thisid = $(this).attr('id');
        
        $.ajax({
            url: "status_change_pattern.php",
            data: {
                id: thisid
            },
            success: function (response) {
                alert(response);
            }
        });
    });
    });
    </script>
In the "success" block, instead of "alert", I want to create a functionality to change the text of the specific cell which I clicked. The "status_change_pattern.php" has just a text "Hey Hey".
Can anyone help? Please.
Thanks.

[HartleySan 826]

Assuming you're just returning a string from the PHP script:

$(thisid).html(response);

[Placid 1]

Hey Hartley San, I'm sure you don't remember me. But you were my savior in the past...

Thanks for your kind response.

I have found the following to be a perfect solution:

$('#'+thisid).html(response);

Got the above from forum.jquery.com.

Thanks again.

[HartleySan 826]

Yes, you're right. We definitely need the '#' in there.

Good save. I guess that's a good reason to always test out code before you recommend it to someone else.

Thanks.