here's one way, set a variable and switch it on and off
$tr_properties = 'style="background-color: grey;"'; while( $ect = etc ) { if($tr_properties){ print "<tr $tr_properties>"; $tr_properties = false; } else { print "<tr>"; $tr_properties = 'style="background-color: grey;"'; } } you sould refine the code and simplify it but that is basic principle. joshua Christopher J. Crane wrote: > How do you alternate colors of the rows in a table inside a while statement > when dealing with the output of data from a DB. I am sure it's something > simple but I keep getting into some really long math thing... > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php