$(body).css({'background-image':'url'}) not working

Shall I assume that I can't apply .css() to the body tag?

Because if I do it on $("#div开发者_开发问答")... it works?

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$(document.body).css(...)

or

$('body').css(...)

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how about

$("body").css("background-image","url('/my/image.jpg')");