// 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(id) {

// the flag we'll use to keep track of 
// whether the current row is odd or even
var even = false;

// 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";

// obtain a reference to the desired table
// if no such table exists, abort
var table = document.getElementById(id);
if (! table) { return; }

// by definition, tables can have more than one tbody
// element, so we'll have to get the list of child
// <tbody>s 
var tbodies = table.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) {
					
					// 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;
							    
							    }
							    }
							    }
							    // flip from odd to even, or vice-versa
							    even =  ! even;
							    }
							    }
  }
  
  function stripeall() {
  	stripe('new_sub', '#fff', '#f7f7f7');
	stripe('to_do', '#fff', '#f7f7f7');
	stripe('inprog_monitor', '#fff', '#eeeeee');
	stripe('search_results', '#fff', '#f7f7f7');
	stripe('new_rev', '#fff', '#f7f7f7');
	stripe('new_irb', '#fff', '#f7f7f7');
  }