<!--  // this function is need to work around   // a bug in IE related to element attributes  function hasClass(obj) {     var result = false;     if (obj.getAttributeNode("class") != null) {         result = obj.getAttributeNode("class").value;     }     return result;  }    function stripe(id) {    // the flag we'll use to keep track of     // whether the current row is odd or even    var even = false;      // if arguments are provided to specify the colours    // of the even & odd rows, then use the them;    // otherwise use the following defaults:    var evenColor = arguments[1] ? arguments[1] : "#fff";    var oddColor = arguments[2] ? arguments[2] : "#eee";      // obtain a reference to the desired table    // if no such table exists, abort    var table = document.getElementById(id);    if (! table) { return; }        // by definition, tables can have more than one tbody    // element, so we'll have to get the list of child    // <tbody>s     var tbodies = table.getElementsByTagName("tbody");    // and iterate through them...    for (var h = 0; h < tbodies.length; h++) {         // find all the <tr> elements...       var trs = tbodies[h].getElementsByTagName("tr");            // ... and iterate through them      for (var i = 0; i < trs.length; i++) {	    // avoid rows that have a class attribute        // or backgroundColor style	    if (!hasClass(trs[i]) && ! trs[i].style.backgroundColor) {          // get all the cells in this row...          var tds = trs[i].getElementsByTagName("td");                  // and iterate through them...          for (var j = 0; j < tds.length; j++) {                    var mytd = tds[j];            // avoid cells that have a class attribute            // or backgroundColor style	        if (! hasClass(mytd) && ! mytd.style.backgroundColor) {        		      mytd.style.backgroundColor = even ? evenColor : oddColor;                          }          }        }        // flip from odd to even, or vice-versa        even =  ! even;      }    }  }// -->