Hi just want to share my piece of code for getting out values of rows/ cells.
$('#myTableID tr:gt(1)').each(function(){ $(this).find('td').each(function(){ // get the cell text out with $.trim($(this).text()); }); }); hope that helps Gerald On Jun 17, 7:08 pm, theprodigy <tigerseyet...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think I have it working now. It does what it's supposed to, but > doesn't really seem to me that it would be all the effecient, should a > table have lots of rows (unlikely, but may happen). > > Here is my code: > > $('a.moveup').click(function(event) { > > //Send request to server > var href = $(this).attr('href'); > $.get(href); > > //Update table to show new layout > var $thisRow = $(this).parents('tr:first'); > var $thisTable = $('#main_table'); > var $rows = $('#main_table tr'); > > $thisRow.next().insertBefore($thisRow.prev().prev()); > $thisRow.insertBefore( $thisRow.prev().prev().prev()); > > $rows.each(function(){ > $(this).find(".moveup").show(); > $(this).find(".movedown").show(); > }); > > $thisTable.find("tr:nth-child(2)").find(".moveup").hide(); > $thisTable.find("tr:last").prev().find(".movedown").hide(); > > return false; > > }); > > Can anyone think of a more efficient way to do this? > > Thanks, > > Paul > > On Jun 16, 8:34 pm, RobG <robg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Jun 17, 3:46 am, theprodigy <tigerseyet...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I've been trying for a while to alter the second to last row of a > > > table. I've tried several ways. The number of rows is dynamic so I > > > can't hard code a number into nth-child. I used $rowNeeded = > > > $thisRow.parents('table:first').children().children().length - 1 to > > > get the second to last row, but it doesn't seem like I can pass this > > > variable into nth-child either. > > > > How can I select the second to last row of a table? > > > In browsers compliant with the W3C DOM 2 HTML specification, table > > elements have a rows collection that contains all the rows in the > > table. That collection has a length attribute, so, where - table - is > > a reference to a table element: > > > var rows = table.rows; > > var secondLastRow = rows[rows.length - 2]; > > > Since rows is a live collection, you can get a reference once and keep > > it, it will dynamically updated regardless of how many rows are added > > or removed from the table. Note that the above will error if there > > are less than two rows in the table, use with care. > > > -- > > Rob- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -