[jQuery] Re: tbody:first-child & thead

Tables have native properties which are much faster to access:

$('#myTable')[0].rows.length //number of rows
$('#myTable')[0].tBodies[0].rows.length //number of rows in the first
tbody

cheers,
- ricardo

On Feb 25, 5:25 am, Alex Wibowo <alexwib...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have a code that counts the number of rows in a table...
>
> the table looks like:
>
> <table id="myTable">
>   <thead>
>    ...
>    </thead>
>
>    <tbody>
>         <tr>
>          ....
>         </tr>
>   </tbody>
> </table>
>
> and my jquery looks like:
>
> $("#myTable  tbody:first-child  tr").length;
>
> strange enough.... that always returns 0.
> but if i remove the thead from the table... then it will return the correct
> number of rows..
>
> or alternatively, i can keep the thead, but use the following instead:
>
> $("#myTable  tbody  tr").length;
>
> i.e. without specifying first-child.
>
> Can anyone explain this behaviour?
>
> THanks a lot!
>
> --
> Best regards,
>
> WiB