How to figure out on which row of a table I click e.g. a checkbox

[Stefan Mueller]

<form name = "my_form" action = "" method = "post" accept-charset =
"iso-8859-1">
<table name = "my_table" border = "1">
<tr>
<td>
<input type = "checkbox" onClick = "alert('Row 1');">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<input type = "checkbox" onClick = "alert('Row 2');">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>

That works fine but I'd like to do it dynamically.

I tried
alert(document.my_form.my_table.row);
but it doesn't work (Error: document.my_form.my_table has no properties). I
think the problem is that <table> does not have a 'name' attribute.

Does anyone know how I can get the row dynamically?
Stefan

 

[Travis Newbury]

Does anyone know how I can get the row dynamically?

What is it you are "really" trying to accomplish? No one cares about
the row where you clicked. What are your "really" trying to do? Why
do you think you need the row?

 

[Stefan Mueller]

Does anyone know how I can get the row dynamically?

What is it you are "really" trying to accomplish? No one cares about
the row where you clicked. What are your "really" trying to do? Why
do you think you need the row?

I wrote some Java Scripts to sort a html table.
The data are visible on the screen (html table) and are also stored in an
array. If I click now on a checkbox I need to now which row of my array
'array[row]' I have to modify (modify the flag of the checkbox). That's the
reason I need to know on which row I've clicked the checkbox.

Stefan