Why is document.getElementById('tableId')[removed] not working in IE8?

Question

I modify document.getElementById(\'\').innerHTML with Java Script in a page. It\'s working fine in Firefox, but not IE8. Please see below for more details:

Answer 1

Since the problem is in IE8, see MSDN:

The property is read/write for all objects except the following, for which it is read-only: COL, COLGROUP, FRAMESET, HEAD, HTML, STYLE, TABLE, TBODY, TFOOT, THEAD, TITLE, TR.

(emphasis mine)

Colin's work-around (setting innerText on the td instead of innerHTML on the tr) is a good one in your case. If your needs become more complex, you'll have to resort to The Table Object Model.