I presume that your "button" is in the same row of the table as the component it accesses (otherwise there would not be a 1:1 relation between button and component). So I think you can use the "naming convention" approach documented here under "Avoiding forceId": http://wiki.apache.org/myfaces/forceId
Regards, Simon On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 15:03 +0100, Enrique Medina wrote: > For those who might be interested... > > FInally I solved my problem. When the dataTable is being rendered, > then it uses both the row number and the col number to generate the > IDs, so I made use of the rowIndexVar and var properties of DataTable > and UIColumns respectively to be able to access this information at > runtime through EL. Then I created a simple Javascript function that > replaced the ID I had at my code, with the extra information of rows > and cols. > > Works like a charm!!!! > > Thanks very much again for those who have given me help and tips ;-) > > 2006/1/20, Enrique Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I see. But it's not that exactly. Suppose I have a button > associated to each INPUT object, that when clicked must > perform a particular action for the value of the INPUT > associated, not another...

