.hide(), .show(), tables, ie

i have nested tables i wish hide/show on click top-level rows.

the markup is, nutshell, this:

  <table>
    <tr>
      <td>stuff</td>
      .... some-more tds here
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan=some_number>
        <table>
        </table>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>

now, i'm controlling jquery aim couple initial list row. couple clicked, pulls information down, formats garland list rows, appends list inside. following relates .show() table. (this finished around id/class targeting. i left out illustration brevity).

this works beautifully firefox. click link, information gets loaded, sure list "expands" nominee list good filled in.

problem -- internet path-finder giving me finger. best i tell, information removing appended middle table. problem .show() does seem doing anything useful. matters some-more annoying, i've got page functionality operative perfectly both -- wholly inadequacy being twin things:

in working, middle list wrapped div. i've even attempted jacket list instance div but success.
in working, i have an additional jquery plugin hallowed -- nonetheless i've private plugin attempted page but it still fails arrangement middle table.

i've attempted attaching .show progenitor tr, progenitor td, list itself success. i contingency blank something impossibly simple, since circuitously i tell should work.

has anyone opposing something before?