// 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) {
// 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] : "#f3d088";
    var oddColor = arguments[2] ? arguments[2] : "#E3AA22";
// obtain a reference to the desired table
// if no such table exists, abort
    var table = document.getElementById(id);
    if (! table) { return; } 
// by definition, tables can have more than one tbody
// element, so we'll have to get the list of child
// <tbody>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) {
// 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;
      }
    }
  }
// -->