// this function is needed 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;


  


	// Set the alternate color in the method call arguments


	var evenColor; 


	


	


	


	


	


	// hard coded here and applies to all tables.


	/*


	*********


	*********


	*/


	


    var oddColor = "#f0f0f0"; /*ebf2fd*/


	


    /*


	*********


	*********


	*/ 


	// hard coded here and applies to all tables.


	


	


	


	


	 


	 // Populate 2 arrays with the arguments,


	 // separating the colors from the ID's.


	 var colorArray = new Array();


	 var cArrayCount = 0;


	 


	 var IdArray = new Array();


	 var IdArrayCount = 0;


	 


	 // This script assumes that the arguements always


	 // come in pairs: ID / evenColor. So the first


	 // argument will always be the ID.


	 for (i_id = 0; i_id < arguments.length; i_id++) {


	 	


		// Since the function arguments are formatted in ID/color pairs,


		// and the first argument is an ID, when %2 == 0 


		// it will be a element ID and not a color.


		if (i_id%2 == 0) {


			IdArray[IdArrayCount] = arguments[i_id];


			IdArrayCount++;


		}


		else {


			colorArray[cArrayCount] = arguments[i_id];


			cArrayCount++;			


		}


	 }


	 // Populate 2 arrays with arguments


	 


	 


	 


	 


	 /*


	 // Testing code for the arrays


	 alert("Color Array has: "+ colorArray.length);


	 alert("ID Array has: "+IdArray.length);


	 


	 for (a = 0; a < colorArray.length; a++) {


	 	alert(colorArray[a]);	 	


	 }


	 


	  for (a = 0; a < IdArray.length; a++) {


	 	alert(IdArray[a]);	 	


	 }


	 // Testing code for the arrays


	 */


	 


	


	


	 // color the rows for each table as defined in the function arguments


	 for (a = 0; a < IdArray.length; a++) {	 	 


		  		 


		 	     evenColor = colorArray[a]; 		


		 			 


		 		// obtain a reference to the desired table


				// if no such table exists, abort


				var table = document.getElementById(IdArray[a]);


				if (! table) { return; }		 


				


				


				// by definition, tables can have more than one tbody


				// element, so we'll have to get the list of child


				// &lt;tbody&gt;s 


				var tbodies = table.getElementsByTagName("tbody");


			


				// and iterate through them...


				for (var h = 0; h < tbodies.length; h++) {


				


				 // find all the &lt;tr&gt; 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) {


					  


					  


					  //shaun add.. get all the table header cell tags in this row


					 /* var ths = trs[i].getElementsByTagName("th");


					 for (var k = 0; k < ths.length; k++) {


					


						var myth = ths[k];


			


						// avoid cells that have a class attribute


						// or backgroundColor style


						if (! hasClass(myth) &&


							! myth.style.backgroundColor) {


					


						  myth.style.backgroundColor =


							even ? evenColor : oddColor;


						


						}


					  }


					 // end shaun add


					 */


					  


					  


					  // 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;


				  }


				}


		} // for loop		


  }