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Hey guys, another part of program I am stuck at is to create an email storage / reference system. I need the first line to hold the basic info, from to address etc and then a second row to store the message and any comments in a text box. The problem I am having is that I put the two into different tables so when a new line is added it adds to both them. Is it possible to do this e.g to have on the second add to append it to the bottom table?

I To | | From | | Date | | Subject |
| Message | | onClick() |

Which would go to

I To | | From | | Date | | Subject |
| Message |
I To | | From | | Date | | Subject |
| Message | | onClick() |

And so on. Here is the code i have so far ....

[HTML]<html>
<head>

<script type="text/javascript">
function removeRowFromTa ble()
{
var tbl = document.getEle mentById('myTab le');
var lastRow = tbl.rows.length ;
if (lastRow > 2) tbl.deleteRow(l astRow - 1);

var tbl1 = document.getEle mentById('myTab le1');
var lastRow1 = tbl1.rows.lengt h;
if (lastRow1 > 2) tbl1.deleteRow( lastRow1 - 1);
}
</script>



<script type="text/javascript">

function doThis()
{

var myTab = document.getEle mentById('myTab le');
var row=myTab.rows. length;
var y=myTab.insertR ow(row);

var a=y.insertCell( 0);
var xx= document.create Element('input' );
xx.type="text";
xx.name="EmailF rom[]";
a.appendChild(x x);

var b=y.insertCell( 1);
var xx= document.create Element('input' );
xx.type="text";
xx.name="EmailT o[]";
b.appendChild(x x);

var c=y.insertCell( 2);
var xx= document.create Element('input' );
xx.type="text";
xx.name="EmailD ate[]";
c.appendChild(x x);

var d=y.insertCell( 3);
var xx= document.create Element('input' );
xx.type="text";
xx.name="EmailS ubject[]";
d.appendChild(x x);


var myTab1 = document.getEle mentById('myTab le1');
var row1=myTab1.row s.length;
var z=myTab1.insert Row(row1);

var e=z.insertCell( 0);
var xx= document.create Element('textar ea');
xx.col="200"
xx.rows="5"
xx.name="Messag e[]";
e.appendChild(x x);
}
</script>

</head>
<body>
<br/>
<input type="button" value="Add" onclick="doThis ()">
<input type="button" value="Remove" onClick="remove RowFromTable()" >
<br/>
<table id="myTable" border="1" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" >
<tr>
<th>From</th>
<th>To</th>
<th>Date</th>
<th>Subject</th>
</tr>
<table id="myTable1" border="1" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" >
<tr>
<th>Message</th>
</tr>
</table>
</table>
</body>
</html>[/HTML]


Any help much appreciated
Sep 7 '08 #1
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acoder
16,027 Recognized Expert Moderator MVP
The second table has been (incorrectly) nested in the first.

Please use code tags when posting code. See How to ask a question.
Sep 8 '08 #2
micky125
36 New Member
my apologies im fairly new to this forum but in future i will post with regards to the "how to..."

In relation to what you said do you mean that you cannot nest tables like this or that I have nested it wrongly but it can work.

what are your thoughts on this?
Sep 9 '08 #3
acoder
16,027 Recognized Expert Moderator MVP
I haven't tested your code, but I noticed that myTable1 is nested inside myTable after a row, but not inside a table cell. Did you mean to nest tables like that or was it supposed to be outside the main table?
Sep 9 '08 #4
micky125
36 New Member
No it is meant to be inside the table but im not 100% sure if it is the way to go... the real question im asking is can i have one table that will have two different rows of headers. e.g. can a table be

| 1 | | 2 | | 3 |
|input 1| | input2| |input3|
| 4 |
| input 4 |

then onclick will add another full two rows for input.

the reason y im looking this is ive been asked to store emails so correspondence can be viewed (along with alot of other info) with in the one system. The from, to and subject are all low character fields whereas the email can be quite large and so doing it

| 1 | | 2 | |3 | |4 | will not look good as input 4 is a text area around 60 by 5.

hope i have been able to clarify the problem a bit more :)
Sep 9 '08 #5
acoder
16,027 Recognized Expert Moderator MVP
How would you match up the rows? Say you have 3 rows. If the first three columns are separated from the message column, how will the users know which refers to which?

PS. to answer your question on whether it's possible, it is.
Sep 9 '08 #6
micky125
36 New Member
that was the problem... from the way the code works now it isnt the prettiest to look at... as a first step i have just attached it to another column at the end of the first three inputs but again it doesnt really look right. the only other way i can think of doing it is that on the first pass it will do as normal but then passes after this will add to the second table although headings will not be there. Have you any ideas on a better solution cus i am more r less a noob with html.
Sep 9 '08 #7
acoder
16,027 Recognized Expert Moderator MVP
One way it could work is that you display the message textarea without a header underneath the other three columns on its own.
Sep 10 '08 #8
micky125
36 New Member
That would still leave the problem that each new record would be stored under the headings and the message field would store underneath it...


| 1 | | 2 | 3 |
inputs
| ::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::|

2nd pass

| 1 | | 2 | | 3 |
inputs
inputs
|:::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::: :|
|:::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::: :|

As I am appending to the table, is this was you mean?
Sep 10 '08 #9
acoder
16,027 Recognized Expert Moderator MVP
No, I meant something like this:

Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers
  1. |   1   |    |   2   |   3   |  
  2. inputs
  3. | :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::|
  4.  
2nd pass

Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers
  1. |   1  |   |   2   |   |   3   |  
  2. inputs
  3. |::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::|
  4. inputs
  5. |::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::|
  6.  
Is that OK?
Sep 10 '08 #10

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