function hasClass(obj) {
     var result = false;
     if (obj.getAttributeNode("class") != null) {
         result = obj.getAttributeNode("class").value;
     }
     return result;
  }

 function stripe(id) {
    var even = false;
    var evenColor = arguments[1] ? arguments[1] : "#fff";
    var oddColor = arguments[2] ? arguments[2] : "#eee";
    var table = document.getElementById(id);
    if (! table) { return; }
    var tbodies = table.getElementsByTagName("tbody");
    for (var h = 0; h < tbodies.length; h++) {
      var trs = tbodies[h].getElementsByTagName("tr");
      for (var i = 0; i < trs.length; i++) {
        if (! hasClass(trs[i]) &&
            ! trs[i].style.backgroundColor) {
          var tds = trs[i].getElementsByTagName("td");
          for (var j = 0; j < tds.length; j++) {
            var mytd = tds[j];
            mytd.style.backgroundColor = even ? evenColor : oddColor;
          }
        }
        even =  ! even;
      }
    }
  }

  function autostripe(){
     var tables = document.getElementsByTagName("TABLE");
     for (var l=0;l<tables.length;l++){
      if (tables[l].id.search('stripe') > 0)  {stripe(tables[l].id);  }
      if (tables[l].id.search('table') == -1) {stripe(tables[l].id);  }
     }
  }