// -------------------------------------------
// stripe tables function
// -------------------------------------------

// Get elements by class -- yeah!
function getElementsByClass(searchClass,node,tag) {
	var classElements = new Array();
	if ( node == null )
		node = document;
	if ( tag == null )
		tag = '*';
	var els = node.getElementsByTagName(tag);
	var elsLen = els.length;
	var pattern = new RegExp("(^|\\\\s)"+searchClass+"(\\\\s|$)");
	for (i = 0, j = 0; i < elsLen; i++) {
		if ( pattern.test(els[i].className) ) {
			classElements[j] = els[i];
			j++;
		}
	}
	return classElements;
}

// Stripe those data tables...
function stripeTables() {
    if(!document.getElementsByTagName) return false;
	var tables = getElementsByClass('data_table',document,'table');
	for (var i=0; i<tables.length; i++) {
		var odd = false;
		var rows = tables[i].getElementsByTagName("tr");
		for (var j=0; j<rows.length; j++) {
			if (odd == true) {
				rows[j].style.backgroundColor = "#dddddd";
				odd = false;
			} else {
				odd = true;
			}
		}
	}
}
addLoadEvent(stripeTables);