You might find this useful: http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/innerhtml.html
It's a speed comparison of various (non-jQuery) ways to create a 50x50 table. On 8/8/07, Josh Bush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I had read somewhere that IE didn't support .innerHTML for the tbody > element. Will I have to recreate the entire table HTML? Sorry for > the noob question; I'm still a fish out of water in javascript at > times. > > Josh > > On Aug 8, 8:18 am, "Dan G. Switzer, II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Josh, > > > > >Well, I feel stupid. it's not the join that's taking so long, it's > > >the $( "really big DOM string with 1,000 rows and 3 columns") that > > >takes so dang long on IE7. After all of this rambling, does anyone > > >have any options for me to try? > > > > >Sorry, for the self-dialog here. > > > > Just for testing purposes, you might want to test in IE by just using > the > > DOM property innerHTML to set the table. > > > > This will at least tell you where the majority of overhead is coming > from. > > Is it from jQuery's processing routines or for the actual DOM creation. > > > > In my experience IE6 is sluggish when trying to generate large tables on > the > > fly. (This is pre-jQuery coding as well.) > > > > -Dan > > -- Aaron Heimlich Web Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://aheimlich.freepgs.com
