// Dropdown Menu
startList = function() {
	if (document.all&&document.getElementById) {
		navRoot = document.getElementById("nav");
		for (i=0; i<navRoot.childNodes.length; i++) {
			node = navRoot.childNodes[i];
			if (node.nodeName=="LI") {
				node.onmouseover=function() {
					this.className+=" over";
				}
				node.onmouseout=function() {
					this.className=this.className.replace(" over", "");
				}
			}
		}
	}
}
window.onload=startList;

// Zebra Table

 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] : "#fff";
    var oddColor = arguments[2] ? arguments[2] : "#eee";
  
   //  document.write("it is calling the function");
    // 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
    // &lt;tbody&gt;s 
   // var tbodies = table.getElementsByTagName("tbody");

    // and iterate through them...
  //  for (var h = 0; h < tbodies.length; h++) {
         // document.write("it is going inside this for loop");
     // find all the &lt;tr&gt; elements... 
    //  var trs = tbodies[h].getElementsByTagName("tr");
       var trs = table.getElementsByTagName("tr");
      // ... and iterate through them
      for (var i = 0; i < trs.length; i++) {
 //document.write("it is going inside this for loop");
        // 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;
      }
    //}
  }
