passing a function to setAttribute()

[phpPete]

In a JS dynamically generated table, if I do this:

var currentRow = document.createElement('tr');
currentRow.setAttribute('onclick', 'nukeNode(this.id);');

I get no response. When i replace the function nukeNode() with an alert for testing purposes, the event handler is fired not when i click the table row, but when i click the button which builds the table.

Here's the nukeNode() function definition

function nukeNode(nam)
  {
    var targetNode =  document.getElementsByTagName('body').item(0);
    targetNode.removeChild( nam );    
  }

How can i get this so that clicking on any table row will remove that row from the table?

 

[SashiRaveendran]

You cant use setAttribute to set event handlers in javascript on an element.

Im sure you could use the Table object model to delete rows as you click on them