var this_debug;
     
    function show_rowspans(rows) {
    
    if(!useComplexTables) return;   
    var str = "";
 
    for(var i=0; i < rows.length; i++) {     
       str+="ROW" + i + "\n"; 

              for(var col=0; col<rows[i].length; col++) {                                  
                           str += "[" + col + "]";
                           str+=   "text="+rows[i][col].text + " ";           
                           str+="  type="+rows[i][col].type + " ";           
                           str+= "  rowspan=" +rows[i][col].rowspan + "  ";                      
                           str+= "  colspan=" +rows[i][col].colspan + "  ";                      
              }   
              str += "\n";
        }
 
     
       this_debug(str,'show_rowspans');
        
         str = "";
       for(var i=0; i < rows.length; i++) {
              for(var col=0; col<rows[i].length; col++) {                          
                    str+=   "|"+rows[i][col].text + " ";
              }
              str += "|\n";
        }
        this_debug(str,'show_rowspans');
        
    }     
    
    function debug_row(rows,row,col,which) {

    var not_found = "";
    try {
         this_debug("row:"+row
                         +",column:"+col
                         +", rowspans:"+ rows[row][col].rowspan
                         +", colspans:"+ rows[row][col].colspan                         
                         +", text:"+rows[row][col].text,                         
                         which);
        }catch(ex) {
            not_found+="row:"+row +",column:"+col;
        }
        if(not_found) this_debug(not_found,"not_found");
    }
    <?php } ?>