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can't display a table in a div...

 
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I'm trying to build a simple table and render it in a div but all I get is:
[object HTMLTableElement]

and the contents displayed at the bottom of the page:

1) code to generate table:

var table = document.createElement("table");
document.body.appendChild(table);
var keys = map.keySet();
for (i=0; i<keys.length; i++) {
// alert(map.get(keys[i]));
var row = document.createElement("tr");
//employee name
var td1 = document.createElement("td");
var tdText = document.createTextNode(map.get(keys[i]));
td1.appendChild(tdText);
row.appendChild(td1);
//modify radio button
var td2 = document.createElement("td");
var rdoName = "radio_" + keys[i];
var rdo = document.createElement("input");
rdo.type="radio";
rdo.id = rdoName;
rdo.name = 'rdoModify';
rdo.value = rdoName;
td2.appendChild(rdo);
row.appendChild(td2);
//delete check box
var td3 = document.createElement("td");
var chkName = "chk_" + keys[i];
var chk = document.createElement("input");
chk.type="checkbox";
chk.id = chkName;
chk.name = chkName;
chk.value = chkName;
td3.appendChild(chk);
row.appendChild(td3);
table.appendChild(row);
}
//attach form to div
var el = $('searchResults');
el.innerHTML = table;
Element.show(el);
}

2) the table is simply inserted into a div....

any help greatly appreciated
thanks
max
 
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el.innerHTML = table;



You can't mix innerHTML and DOm manipulation. Use one or the other.

When you build up the elements in a DOM (as you are doing), you must use DOM methods to attached the new elements to the page DOM.
[ June 18, 2007: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]
 
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ah yes...

div.appendChild(table)

works great!

thanks for the quick reply

Max
 
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Adding to what bear said.

use appendChild like the code does for the table.

Setting innerHTML requires a string and not an object.

Eric
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