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Dumb question? AJAX return into a table

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Jan 13.2008

I’ve never had to write XML data into a table.. I’ve always just populated a div so… maybe this is a dumb question but I’m just not getting it.

I’m running an AJAX query to an ASP page and retrieving rows of data. I want to write the data out in HTML table rows so my first thought is to use a div and innerHTML like I’m familiar with

XML return:
for i=etc..
myrows.innerHTML += <tr>
myrows.innerHTML += <td>1st record name</td>
myrows.innerHTML += <td>1st record address</td>
myrows.innerHTML += <td>1st record phone</td>
myrows.innerHTML += </tr>

(I’ve left out proper formatting since that’s not the issue)

<table>
<tr><th>Name</th><th>Address</th><th>Phone</th></tr>
<div id=myrows></div>
</table>

Well, a div sitting in between table tags is just going to break the table.

What’s the solution?

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@yamaharussauthorJan 13.2008 — Well, I've learned about document.createElement("table"); and got it to work except for one thing.

How do I append the row to the TOP of the table???

Since I am dealing with an interactive list of members online the natural view for this list is having the most recent on top, unlike a chat view where most recent is at the bottom.

function to retrieve results

for (i = 0; i < ... blah

var row = document.createElement("tr");

var cell = document.createElement("td");

var cellText = document.createTextNode(thisvalue);

cell.appendChild(cellText);

row.appendChild(cell);

tblBody.appendChild(row);
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@Orc_ScorcherJan 13.2008 — Try <i>
</i>var row = tblBody.insertRow(0)
instead of<i>
</i>var row = document.createElement("tr");
tblBody.appendChild(row);
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