Delete a dynamic table

[deeciple]

Hi All,

I hate to ask such a basi question but is there any function or method to delete an html table? I have tried destroy(), removeChild() with no luck. I created a function that dynamically creates a table and adds rows to it. The code is called via a checkbox. I would like, if the user changes their mind and uchecks the box I would like the table to be deleted so that the data will not post to my database. This is what I have to delete but it's not working:

   //if exists table entries for the div, delete them
if (dynaTable = document.getElementById("dataTable")) {
dynaTable.destroy();
}

Thanks,

Ken

 

[LyndonOHRC]

Try: mdynaTable.style.visibility='none';
I'm pretty sure that any child input elements will not populate the form object on your action page...

Then you could restore the table state if the client toggles the checkbox using: mdynaTable.style.visibility='block';


Lyndon

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[vacunita]

removeChild() is the correct method to employ. Though it must be used from the parent of the element you wish to remove.

dynaTable.parentNode.removeChild(dynaTable);

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[deeciple]

Thanks all. I will try these out and post back soon.

Kind regards,

Ken

 

[deeciple]

Vacunita,

Thanks, I wasn't aware of the proper usage of this method. Once I added the parentNode element it worked. It would have been great to be able to provide the flexibility that Lyndon suggested but I couldn't get that to work.

Thanks all,

Ken

 

[vacunita]

Glad It worked. As for Lyndon's code, its probably because the Visibility property does not have a block value, rather hidden, visible, collapsed¿ (for tables only) or inherit.

[link]http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_class_visibility.asp[/url]

Though I'm not sure if that will prevent submission of the fields within.

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