Need help from a JS guru

[kss444]

I need to create a table by just using the dom object, (not my choice but I have to work with what I have been given)
Example: createElement('table');
createElement('tr');
createElement('td') ect...
I need this to work for IE and FF.

What I want will have nested tables;
I want one table with 2 rows, the second row will have 3 cols. In each of the 3 cols will be one table with 2 cols each. To populate the rows of the 3 additional tables I will be looping through arrays (one array for each table).

Any examples or stub code would be great.
But my main question is for each table do I need to create a tbody tag as well?

I have done alot of research and people are saying that you need a tbody tag for your table, but do I need it for each table?

Thanks to all who reply,
KSS

Ordinary Programmer

 

[jmeckley]

tbody (along with thead and tfoot) help the browser know where to render rows and make CSS styling elements easier.

pretty sure every js library has a function for creating dom objects. these libraries abstract the browser for you so you don't need to worry about that. I prefer jquery. the online docs are great. everything you would need can be found there.

i think there may even be a template plug-in for jquery where you can define a template in html and populate it with json data.

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

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