// 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,col1,col2) {
  
    // obtain a reference to the desired table
    // if no such table exists, abort
    if (id) {
    	var table = document.getElementById(id);
    	stripe_table(table,col1,col2);
    }else {
    	var tables = document.getElementsByTagName("table");
    	for (var h = 0; h<tables.length; h++) {
    		var cls = hasClass(tables[h]);
    		if (cls) {
    			stripe_table(tables[h],col1,col2);
    		}
    	}
	}
    //if (! table) { return; }
}
    
function stripe_table(table) {
    // by definition, tables can have more than one tbody
    // element, so we'll have to get the list of child
    // &lt;tbody&gt;s 
    
    // 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";
    
    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) {
 
         // 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;
      }
    }
  }


window.onload=function(){
		//stripe(false, '#fff', '#edf3fe');
		tableruler();
	} 

function tableruler()
{
 if (document.getElementById && document.createTextNode)
  {
   var tables=document.getElementsByTagName('table');
   for (var i=0;i<tables.length;i++)
   {
    if(tables[i].className=='nice')
    {
     var even = false;
     var trs=tables[i].getElementsByTagName('tr');
     for(var j=0;j<trs.length;j++)
     {
      if(trs[j].parentNode.nodeName=='TBODY'
       && trs[j].parentNode.nodeName!='TFOOT')
       {
       var clsname = (even? 'even' : 'odd');      
	   
	   trs[j].className += " "+clsname;
	   clsname = trs[j].className;
       trs[j].onmouseover=function(){this.className='ruled';return false}
       var tmp = "trs[j].onmouseout=function(){this.className='"+clsname+"';return false}";
       eval(tmp);
       even = ! even;
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}