Background colour of SPAN tags.

I give up on this...
None of these javascript lines will set the background colour.
Any ideas ?

This needs to work in both IE and Netscape, including NS6 if possible.

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<span name="testt" > This should have a nasty red background </span>
<br>

<script>


//function to set span background color
function setcol() {
     //document.testt.style.background='#ff0033';     //NO
     //testt.style.background='#ff0033';          //NO          
     //testt.background='#ff0033';               //NO
     //document.testt.style.backgroundcolor='#ff0033';     //NO
     //testt.style.backgroundcolor='#ff0033';          //NO
     testt.backgroundcolor='#ff0033';               //NO
}

setcol();
</script>


<br>
<span name="testt2" style="background:#ff0033" > Like this </span>

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coopaAsked:
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nimaigConnect With a Mentor Commented:
Try this

<html>
<HEAD>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--
     function setcol(myColor) {
          if(document.all){
              window.spanTest.style.backgroundColor=myColor;              
         }else if(document.layers){
              document.spanTest.bgColor=myColor;
         }
     }
//End-->
</script>
</HEAD>
<body>
<span id="spanTest" name="spanTest" style="position:relative" > Like this </span>
<form>
     <input type="button" value="change color" onClick="setcol('#00FFFF')">
</form>
</body>
</html>
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nimaigCommented:
The above works with IE and netscape 4.7. I don't have any idea of Netscape 6.0
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coopaAuthor Commented:

 Perfect answer.
 
 Thanks.
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