Row count of table

[Vani Kulkarni]

Hello all,
I am stuck up in finding the row count of a table in a HTML page through
Watir script. I am using row_count() function to find the number of rows
in the table. Its returning me incorrect number of rows in the table. I
tried accessing the table through xpath, since I did not have attribute
associated with the table. Following is the HTML of the table [obtained
through IE developer bar] whose row count I need:

<TD id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_dtGridEmployees_dom"
style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; HEIGHT: 47px">
<TABLE style="WIDTH: 100%" cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" border="0">
<TBODY>
<TR id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_dtGridEmployees_top_head">
</TR>
<TR class="Row"
id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_dtGridEmployees_row_0"
onmouseover="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_dtGridEmployees.OverHandler(event,this,0)"
onmouseout="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_dtGridEmployees.OutHandler(event,this,0)"
styleCached>
</TR>
</TBODY>
</TABLE>
</TD>

The row_count() for the table inside the <TD> gives as 9, instead of 2.
I am using the following xpath :
$ie.tablexpath,
"//td[@id='ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_dtGridEmployees_dom']/table").row_count()

Am I going wrong anywhere? Please let me know.

Thanks,
Vani

 

[Paul Rogers]

Hello all,
I am stuck up in finding the row count of a table in a HTML page through
Watir script. I am using row_count() function to find the number of rows
in the table. Its returning me incorrect number of rows in the table. I
tried accessing the table through xpath, since I did not have attribute
associated with the table. Following is the HTML of the table [obtained
through IE developer bar] whose row count I need:

<TD id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_dtGridEmployees_dom"
style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; HEIGHT: 47px">
<TABLE style="WIDTH: 100%" cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" border="0">
<TBODY>
<TR id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_dtGridEmployees_top_head">
</TR>
<TR class="Row"
id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_dtGridEmployees_row_0"
onmouseover="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_dtGridEmployees.OverHandler(event,this,0)"
onmouseout="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_dtGridEmployees.OutHandler(event,this,0)"
styleCached>
</TR>
</TBODY>
</TABLE>
</TD>

The row_count() for the table inside the <TD> gives as 9, instead of 2.
I am using the following xpath :
$ie.tablexpath,
"//td[@id='ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_dtGridEmployees_dom']/table").row_count()

Am I going wrong anywhere? Please let me know.

Thanks,
Vani

you should post this to the watir group ( http://groups.google.ca/group/watir-general?lnk=srg
)
I think the problem you are having is because of nested tables

Paul