>>Does the business with '?' just redefine the expression following in Netscape terms? -- that's what it looks like.
>
>Yes, it roughly translates to:
>
>if (row.cells[2].innerText ) {
> //browser type is IE and supports innerText property
> var city = row.cells[2].innerText; }
>else {
> //browser is Netscape
> var city = row.cells[2].firstChild.nodeValue; }

Thanks for the education, Michael. You are truly a TrueGeek!