Index: jsf-api/resources/jsf.js
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--- jsf-api/resources/jsf.js	(revision 7485)
+++ jsf-api/resources/jsf.js	Wed Jul 08 13:05:38 EEST 2009
@@ -307,13 +307,25 @@
                     throw new Error("During update: " + id + " not found");
                 }
                 var parent = d.parentNode;
-                var temp = document.createElement('div');
-                temp.id = d.id;
                 // Trim space padding before assigning to innerHTML
-                temp.innerHTML = str.replace(/^\s+/g,'').replace(/\s+$/g,'');
-
+                var html = str.replace(/^\s+/g,'').replace(/\s+$/g,'');
+                var isTableElement = ['td', 'th', 'tr', 'tbody', 'thead', 'tfoot'].indexOf(d.tagName.toLocaleLowerCase()) >= 0;
+                var temp;
+                if (isTableElement) {
+                    temp = document.createElement('table');
+                    temp.innerHTML = html;
+                    var newElement = temp.firstChild;
+                    //some browsers will create also intermediary elements such as table>tbody>tr>td  
+                    while ((null != newElement) && (id != newElement.id)) {
+                        newElement = newElement.firstChild;
+                    }
+                    parent.replaceChild(newElement, d);
+                } else {
+                    temp = document.createElement('div');
+                    temp.innerHTML = html;
-                parent.replaceChild(temp.firstChild, d);
-            }
+                    parent.replaceChild(temp.firstChild, d);
+                }
+            }
         };
 
         /**