append row after first row in a html table

Question

I have var row=valval2 and I tried this:

$(\"#mainTable tbody\").append(row);
         


        

Answer 1

Try this:

$("#mainTable tr:first").after(row);

http://api.jquery.com/after/

Answer 2

InsertAfter is what you are looking for:

var row='<tr><td>val</td><td>val2</td></tr>';
$(row).insertAfter("#mainTable tr:first");

Answer 3

You can use prepend JQuery method that inserts as the first child:

$("#mainTable tbody").prepend(row);

Prepend documentation