I am confused with result of hasChildNotes() method of DOM

"ms_chetan" <[email protected]> Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:22:47 -0000
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I am using IE 6.x

This is the HTML code
   <td id=3D"td2">
      <tr id=3D"td3">
	<td id=3D"td4"> Some Test TEXT </td>
	<td id=3D"td5"><input type=3Dcheckbox  value=3D"chk-4">CheckBox 4=20
        </td>
      </tr>
    </td>

Herez the Javascript Code

  var a =3D document.getElementId('td2');
  a.hasChildNodes();

The line "a.hasChildNodes()" should return TRUE because there is TR in=20
that columns, but it is returning FALSE;

WHY????


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            <p>I am using IE 6.x<br>
<br>
This is the HTML code<br>
   &lt;td id=&quot;td2&quot;&gt;<br>
      &lt;tr id=&quot;td3&quot;&gt;<br>
	&lt;td id=&quot;td4&quot;&gt; Some Test TEXT &lt;/td&gt;<br>
	&lt;td id=&quot;td5&quot;&gt;&lt;input type=checkbox  value=&quot;chk-4&quot;<wbr>&gt;CheckBox 4 <br>
        &lt;/td&gt;<br>
      &lt;/tr&gt;<br>
    &lt;/td&gt;<br>
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Herez the Javascript Code<br>
<br>
var a = document.getElement<wbr>Id('td2')<wbr>;<br>
  a.hasChildNodes(<wbr>);<br>
<br>
The line &quot;a.hasChildNodes(<wbr>)&quot; should return TRUE because there is TR in <br>
that columns, but it is returning FALSE;<br>
<br>
WHY????<br>
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