// this function is needed to work around 
  // a bug in IE related to element attributes
  function hasClass(obj) {
     var result = false;
     if (obj.getAttributeNode("class") != null) {
         result = obj.getAttributeNode("class").value;
		}
     return result;
  }   

 function stripe() {
    
    // if arguments are provided to specify the colours
    // of the even & odd rows, then use the them;
    // otherwise use the following defaults:
    var evenColor = arguments[1] ? arguments[1] : "#fff";
    var oddColor = arguments[2] ? arguments[2] : "#eee";
  
    var rightContent = document.getElementById("rightContent");
	if (!rightContent) {return;}
	var tables = rightContent.getElementsByTagName("table");
	if (! tables) { return; }
    // obtain a reference to the desired table
    // if no such table exists, abort
	//for each (table in rightContent.getElementsByTagName("table"))
	for (var tb = 0; tb < tables.length; tb++)
	{
    // the flag we'll use to keep track of 
    // whether the current row is odd or even
	  var even = true;
	//var table = document.getElementById(id);
    
	if (tables[tb].className != "dataTable") {return;}
    // by definition, tables can have more than one tbody
    // element, so we'll have to get the list of child
    // &lt;tbody&gt;s 
    var tbodies = tables[tb].getElementsByTagName("tbody");

    // and iterate through them...
    for (var h = 0; h < tbodies.length; h++) {
    
     // find all the &lt;tr&gt; elements... 
      var trs = tbodies[h].getElementsByTagName("tr");
      
      // ... and iterate through them
      for (var i = 0; i < trs.length; i++) {

        // avoid rows that have a class attribute
        // or backgroundColor style
        if (! hasClass(trs[i]) &&
            ! trs[i].style.backgroundColor) {
 		
		//if(trs[i].className=="tableHeader"){return;}
			  
          // get all the cells in this row...
          var tds = trs[i].getElementsByTagName("td");
        
          // and iterate through them...
          for (var j = 0; j < tds.length; j++) {
        
            var mytd = tds[j];

            // avoid cells that have a class attribute
            // or backgroundColor style
            if (! hasClass(mytd) &&
                ! mytd.style.backgroundColor) {
        
              //mytd.style.backgroundColor = even ? evenColor : oddColor;
			  mytd.className = even ? "even" : "odd";
			}
			
          }      
      
		  // flip from odd to even, or vice-versa
	  even =  ! even;
        }
        
      }
    }
}
  }