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IE problem inserting rows & cells then setting colspan

Hi, i'm inserting rows and cells into a table dynamically using javascript and its working GREAT!!!

but the problem is i need the rows created to have an initial cell with no attrributes required then another cell with colspan=6, i could do this by innerHTML on the row but IE doesn't support this (please correct me if i'm wrong), second to this i could create a row then two cells in it, and then use setAttribute on the secound cell to set the colspan, but IE doesn't seem to support this either :(

So if anyone can think of a solution to this other then creating all the rows initally and hiding them i'd be very greatful, i'm currently hiding them then displaying them but the resulting page is v.large.

Thanks
Dan

TimYates

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function addRow( aTab )
{
var tbl = document.getElementById( aTab ) ;
var lastRow = tbl.rows.length;
// if there's no header row in the table, then iteration = lastRow + 1
var iteration = lastRow;
var row = tbl.insertRow(lastRow);

// left cell
var cellLeft = row.insertCell( 0, 2 ) ;
cellLeft.colSpan = 2 ;
var textNode = document.createTextNode( 'Some text' );
cellLeft.appendChild(textNode);

// right cell
var cellRight = row.insertCell( 1 ) ;
textNode = document.createTextNode( 'Some text 2' );
cellRight.appendChild(textNode);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<table id="aTable" border="1">
<tr><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td>
</table><br>
<input type="button" onclick="addRow('aTable')" value="Add Row">
</body>
</html>

TimYates

Sorry:

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function addRow( aTab )
{
var tbl = document.getElementById( aTab ) ;
var lastRow = tbl.rows.length;
// if there's no header row in the table, then iteration = lastRow + 1
var iteration = lastRow;
var row = tbl.insertRow(lastRow);

// left cell
var cellLeft = row.insertCell( 0 ) ;
cellLeft.colSpan = 2 ;
var textNode = document.createTextNode( 'Some text' );
cellLeft.appendChild(textNode);

// right cell
var cellRight = row.insertCell( 1 ) ;
textNode = document.createTextNode( 'Some text 2' );
cellRight.appendChild(textNode);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<table id="aTable" border="1">
<tr><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td>
</table><br>
<input type="button" onclick="addRow('aTable')" value="Add Row">
</body>
</html>

Should do it :-)

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IE problem inserting rows &amp; cells then setting colspan

IE problem inserting rows & cells then setting colspan