Adding rows dynamically to an html table with no rows

Question

I am using this to add a row dynamically to a table:

   $('#myTable tr:last').after('<tr><td>1</td><td>a</td></tr>');

but it doesn't seem to work if the table has no records:

<table id="myTable" class="altTable">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>
                Col1
            </th>
            <th>
                Col2
            </th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
    </tbody>
</table>

what would be the right selector here to add a row that would work if there are 0 or > 0 rows existing ?

Do you want to add the row to end of tbody?

rahul
– rahul

2009-12-23 13:40:54 +00:00
Commented Dec 23, 2009 at 13:40 — rahul
– rahul, Commented Dec 23, 2009 at 13:40

Ryan · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-23 13:47:34Z

9

Try this...

$("<tr><td>1</td><td>a</td></tr>").appendTo("#myTable tbody");

That should add a row to the end of the table body tag regardless of if there are rows there already or not.

If the tbody tag won't be present w/o any rows already there then you would do this...

if ($("#myTable tbody").length > 0){
  $("<tr><td>1</td><td>a</td></tr>").appendTo("#myTable tbody");
}
else{
  $("<tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>a</td></tr></tbody>").appendTo("#myTable");
}

edited Dec 23, 2009 at 13:47

answered Dec 23, 2009 at 13:37

Ryan

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Ariel Over a year ago

This is not working for me in IE8. Basically, it results in this HTML: "<TR> 1</TD><//TD> <TD> </TD> a</TD><//TD></TR><//TR> </TR>" Idea? Thanks.

Ariel Over a year ago

sure, I posted the issue here, stackoverflow.com/questions/2329319/…

leora · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-23 13:48:21Z

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if( !$('#myTable tbody').length )
{
  $('#myTable').append( $('<tbody>') );
}

$('#myTable tbody').append( '<tr><td>1</td><td>a</td></tr>' );

edited Dec 23, 2009 at 13:48

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answered Dec 23, 2009 at 13:34

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rahul Over a year ago

I think this won't add rows to the inner of thead or tbody.

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