Template for jQuery ajax handler that runs scripts contained in the returned data.

ajax-run-data-scripts.html

<form action="" method="post">
    <input type="text" name="name" />
    <button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
<div id="result"></div>

<script type="src/javascript">
    $.ajax({
        type: 'POST',
        url: location.href,
        data: $(this).serialize()
    }).success(function(data) {
        wrapper.animate({ opacity: 0 }, function() {
            wrapper.html($.parseHTML(data))
                .animate({ opacity: 1 });
            // Run any scripts included in the returned HTML
            $(data).filter('script').each(function() {
                $.globalEval(this.text);
            });
        });
    });
</script>