//Creating the table
function CreateTableFromJSON() {
console.log('CreateTableFromJSON invoked');
var ObjTableData = OBJECT_GLOBAL;
console.log(ObjTableData);
var col = [];//create an empty array
//get the number of records, and then get and array of the field names in order to build the table header
for (var i = 0; i < ObjTableData.length; i++) {
for (var key in ObjTableData[i]) {
if (col.indexOf(key) === -1) {
col.push(key);
}
}
}
//create an element in which to put the table. This is done dynamically
var table = document.createElement('table');
var tr = table.insertRow(-1); // TABLE ROW.
//actually build the table header
for (var i = 0; i < col.length; i++) {
var th = document.createElement('th'); // TABLE HEADER.
th.innerHTML = col[i];
tr.appendChild(th);
}
// ADD JSON DATA TO THE TABLE AS ROWS.
for (var i = 0; i < ObjTableData.length; i++) {
tr = table.insertRow(-1);
for (var j = 0; j < col.length; j++) {
var tabCell = tr.insertCell(-1);
tabCell.innerHTML = ObjTableData[i][col[j]];
}
}
// FINALLY ADD THE NEWLY CREATED TABLE WITH JSON DATA TO A CONTAINER.
var divContainer = document.getElementById('showData');
divContainer.innerHTML = '';
divContainer.appendChild(table);
}