JQuery - Set TBODY

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Published on 2010-05-31T13:31:57Z Indexed on 2010/05/31 13:43 UTC
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Hello,

I have a table defined as follows:

<table id="myTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
  <thead><tr>
    <th>Date</th>
    <th>First Name</th>
    <th>Last Name</th>
  </tr></thead>

  <tbody>
    <!-- rows will go here -->
  </tbody>
</table> 

I am trying to dynamically populate 'myTable' at runtime via JavaScript. To accomodate for this, I am using JQuery. I want to write some HTML into the tbody element within 'myTable'. However, I am having problems understanding how to do this with the selectors. I know that I can get 'myTable' using:

$("#myTable")

I know that I can set the HTML of myTable by using the following:

$("#myTable").html(someHtmlString);

However, that sets the HTML of the entire table. In reality, I just want to set the HTML within the TBODY of 'myTable'. How do I do this with JQuery?

Thank you!

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