I'm loading remote data using dynamic script tags and JSON. the remote page that I'm displaying on my website has a div in it that I use to load content into.

The problem is the javascript functions do not see the div as the page loads because it is remote data. if I set a timeout of about 300 it usually works and my javascipt can see the div. But sometimes it takes longer and it breaks the javascript.

I'm tring this:

function load_content()
{
  if(document.getElementById('remote_div')==null)
  {
  setTimeout('load_content()', 300);
  }
  else
  {
  document.getElementById('remote_div').innerHTML = 'Content goes here'
  }
}

but it just doesn't seem to work... what is wrong with it?