how to change a td's background color dynamically?

[iostream71]

i have a table that has an option for editing the row. i want to highlight that row when it's being edited. so how can i set the bgcolor of the individual td's?

also, say i have a header with some text, how can i change that text dynamically?

 

[NEVERSLEEP]

here the are examples of what u want

http://developer.apple.com/internet/javascript/dom2ii.html

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