Page Break and Dynamic Table 1

sharapov · May 30, 2003

Hello,

I am retrieving data from the database and displaying it inside HTML table. What I want to do is insert a page break every after every sixth row of the table (i.e. page break after row 6, 12, 18, etc.) by doing something like this: <tr style="page-break-after: always;">. Is it possible to do it with JavaScript? Keep in mind that since data is generated from database I can't assign ID's to the table's rows. Is there any other way?

Thanks.

adam0101 · May 30, 2003

If you're using ASP, you could try something like this:

<%
count=0
Do While Not rsMyRecordSet.EOF
count=count+1
%>
<tr<%
If count Mod 6 = 0 Then
Response.Write "style=""page-break-after: always;"""
End If
%>>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<%rsMyRecordSet.MoveNext
Loop%>

sharapov · May 30, 2003

adam0101,

Thanks for your help, but I need a JavaScript solution.

adam0101 · May 30, 2003

What are you using to write out the table from the db? Can you give an ID to the table itself?

sharapov · May 30, 2003

I use PHP, and yes I can give ID to the table itself. Although I can assign page breaks with PHP when table is generated, I don't want to do it because my users interact with table by removing certain rows. After row is removed I don't want to send page back to the server to recalculate page break position, I want to do it only on the client's side using JavaScript.

adam0101 · May 30, 2003

I see... how about this then:

<html>
<head>
<script>
function setPageBreaks(){
var t=document.getElementById("myTable&quot

;
var rows= t.getElementsByTagName("tr&quot

;
for(var i=0;i<rows.length;i++){
if(i%6==0 && i!=0){
rows.style.pageBreakAfter="always"
}
else{
rows.style.pageBreakAfter="auto"
}
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="setPageBreaks()">
<table id="myTable">
<tr>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>

sharapov · May 30, 2003

adam0101,

Thank you. It looks like it might work the way you describing it.

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