[Javascript] adding numerics in a table column

[Nick Fitzsimons]

On 18 Apr 2007, at 15:36:50, Peter Brunone wrote:
>     Beyond that, getElementsByTagName does not get an element by  
> its NAME attribute; instead, it gets all elements of that tag  
> type.  For example, getElementsByTagName("SPAN") would get an array  
> of all SPAN elements.  I suggest giving your objects ID attributes  
> and using document.getElementById instead, since this will grab a  
> reference to one and only one element.

Alternatively, the "getElementsByName" method will get all elements  
having a given value for the "name" attribute, although it should be  
used with caution, as Internet Explorer, for reasons best known to  
itself, will also return any element that has the same value for its  
"id" attribute.

Regards,

Nick.
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