OK, I just fixed the IE 7 error by extending the cells as they are
pushed onto the array:

    getColumnCells: function(tableElement, columnId) {
        tableElement = $(tableElement); // extend the table element
        var rows = tableElement.rows;
        var cells = [];
        for (var i=0, len=rows.length; i<len; i++) {
            cells.push($(rows[i].cells[columnId]));
        }
        return cells;
    }


On Apr 30, 3:00 pm, Mike van Lammeren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Also, RobG's getColumnCells() function works great as a drop-in
> replacement for my function, but only in Firefox. IE 7 shows a
> javascript error in Prototype's Enumerable class.
>
> On Apr 30, 2:51 pm, Mike van Lammeren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Thanks to Justin and RobG for your comments!
>
> > To Justin: avoiding selecting every row in the table is a good idea,
> > and should be a speed improvement.
>
> > To RobG: Why traverse the DOM instead of using the collections? No
> > good reason -- I just didn't know about the collections, that's all!
>
> > I'm trying to incorporate both of your suggestions, but there is one
> > problem I cannot solve. I'm unable to figure out how to extend the
> > table collections, so that they recognize PrototypeJS methods.
>
> > If we use RobG's suggestion for getRowCells(), then the pluck()
> > method, for instance, is no longer recognized.
>
> > I have made minor improvements to getRowCells(), and the PrototypeJS
> > methods still work:
>
> >     /**
> >      * @param element a table element
> >      * @param integer the requested row
> >      * @return array an array of table cell elements (<th> or <td>
> > tags)
> >      **/
> >     getRowCells: function(tableElement, rowId){
> >         tableElement = $(tableElement); // extend the table element
> >         var tableRow = tableElement.tBodies[0].rows[rowId];
> >         if(tableRow)
> >         {
> >             return ($(tableRow).descendants()).findAll(function(el){
> >                 return (el.tagName.toUpperCase() == 'TD' ||
> > el.tagName.toUpperCase() == 'TH') ? true : false;
> >             });
> >         }
> >         return [];
> >     }
>
> > On Apr 29, 8:40 pm, RobG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > On Apr 30, 9:13 am, Mike van Lammeren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > Here are some handy extensions to select table rows and columns:
>
> > > > var TableUtils = {
> > > >     /**
> > > >      * @param element a table element
> > > >      * @param integer the requested row
> > > >      * @return array an array of table cell elements
> > > >      **/
> > > >     getRowCells: function(tableElement, rowIndex){
> > > >         tableElement = $(tableElement); // extend the table element
> > > >         var tableRows = tableElement.down().childElements();
> > > >         if(tableRows[rowIndex])
> > > >         {
> > > >             return (tableRows[rowIndex]).descendants();
> > > >         }
> > > >         return [];
> > > >     },
>
> > > Why traverse the DOM when there are ready-to-use collections?
>
> > >   getRowCells: function(tableElement, rowIndex) {
> > >     return tableElement.rows[rowIndex].cells;
> > >   }
>
> > > >     /**
> > > >      * @param element a table element
> > > >      * @param integer the requested row
> > > >      * @return array an array of table cell elements
> > > >      **/
> > > >     getColumnCells: function(tableElement, columnIndex){
> > > >         tableElement = $(tableElement); // extend the table element
> > > >         var columnCells = [];
> > > >         var tableRows = tableElement.down().childElements();
> > > >         tableRows.each(function(trEl, index){ // loop over each table
> > > > row
> > > >             var tCells = trEl.descendants(); // table cells in row
> > > >             if(tCells[columnIndex])
> > > >             {
> > > >                 columnCells.push($(tCells[columnIndex])); // extend
> > > > each tableElement
> > > >             }
> > > >         });
> > > >         return columnCells;
> > > >     }}
>
> > >   getColumnCells: function(tableElement, columnIndex) {
> > >     var rows = tableElement.rows;
> > >     var cells = [];
> > >     for (var i=0, len=rows.length; i<len; i++) {
> > >       cells.push(rows[i].cells[columnIndex]);
> > >     }
> > >     return cells;
> > >   }
>
> > > Incidentally, tableSection elements have a rows collection too, so
> > > tableElement may not be the best choice of variable name.
>
> > > --
> > > Rob
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