onclick event on table data (td)

[Cylix]

In my javascript,
var col = document.createElement('td');
col.onclick=showContent;
....
....

function showContent(msg) {
alert(msg);
}

How can I pass the msg variable to the showContent function?
Thank you.

 

[RobG]

In my javascript,
var col = document.createElement('td');
col.onclick=showContent;
...
...

function showContent(msg) {
alert(msg);
}

How can I pass the msg variable to the showContent function?
Thank you.

col.onclick = function(){ showContent('the message'); }