var loan_id = document.getElementById('loan_id'); var borrower = document.getElementById('borrower'); var table = document.getElementById('request'); var newrow = document.createElement("tr"); var newcell = document.createElement("td"); newcell.setAttribute('class', 'FW_data_table_cell'); newcell.appendChild(document.createTextNode(loan_id.value)); newcell.appendChild(document.createTextNode('blah')); newrow.appendChild(newcell); rows = table.getElementsByTagName('tr'); last = rows[rows.length-1]; alert(last); table.insertBefore(newrow, last);