function tableCreateRow() {
     var row = document.createElement("tr")

     for (var i=0; i<arguments.length; i++) {
          var cell = document.createElement("td")
          cell.appendChild(document.createTextNode(arguments[i]))
          row.appendChild(cell)
     }

     return (row)
}

function tableRemoveRows(id) {
     var t = document.getElementById(id)
     var ind = t.childNodes.length

     for (var i=0; i<ind; i++) {
        t.removeChild(t.childNodes[0])
     }
}


function tableClear(table, start)
{
     // start can be any#, defaults to 1
     // 0-remove heading, or was none
     // 1-leave a heading, etc

     if (arguments.length == 1)
     {
          start=1
     }

     var r1=document.getElementById(table).rows
     var r2=r1.length

     for (var i=start; i<r2; i++)
     {
          document.getElementById(table).deleteRow(start)
     }
}