disable all objects defined in a column

[Rithish Saralaya]

I have a column in a table as follows,

<TD ID='COL_ID_1'> Test Text <IMG ID='IMG_ID_1'
SRC='http://myServer.com/images/myImg.gif' onClick=\"alert ( 'clicked'
)\"></TD>
I want to disable the whole column, alongwith all its data defined
within it.

I tried using document.all ( 'COL_ID_1' ).disabled = true; However,
this disables only the text within the column. I have to loop through
the children of the TD to disable all objects defined within.

child = document.all ( 'COL_ID_1' ).children;
tot_children = child.length;
for ( i=0; i<=tot_children-1; i++ )
{
document.all ( child(i).id ).disabled = true;
}


Is this the proper way, or am I doing wrong? Why does not the first
approach work for all child objects of the TD?
The target browser is IE5+. Any help/advice/suggestions would be
greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Rithish.

 

[Alberto]

Loop the child nodes as you do, that's the most sensible way to do that for
me.

ciao
Alberto