manipulating table cell's data with js...

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  18 years ago

  by lostboy

  bastien

  toronto, canada, Canada

  Joined 18 years ago

  is it possible?
  

  
  ex. want to insert a date into a table cell...easy with asp/php etc. but want to do this with js...how do i refer to that table cell to show the current date/time?
  

  
  TIA
  

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  18 years ago

  by cheesekeeper

  Robert J. Walker

  Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, United States

  Joined 18 years ago

  Give the cell a name, like this:
  

  Code:

  <table>
  <tr><td id="clock"></td></tr>
  </table>

  
  Then insert the current date and time into the cell with the following line of code (only works in IE):
  Code:

  document.all["clock"].innerText=(new Date());

  
  If you need to it continually update, simply set an interval for it with the window.setInterval() method.
  

  
  Incidentally, this will work with almost any object in a web page that can contain HTML, like a DIV or a SPAN.
  

  
  If you need it to work in Netscrape 4.x, I'd use an INPUT box instead and set it like this:
  

  Code:

  document.formName.elementName.value=(new Date());

  
  Hope that helps.

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