JavaScript - Removing An Element- And Then Replacing It Again

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 visited=getCookie('visited');
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 setCookie('visited','yes',365)
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     ifr.focus();
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  else { something }
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{Form.address}

<script type="text/javascript">
		<!--		
		function replaceSrc() {      
			var images = document.getElementsByTagName('img');      
			
			for(var i = 0; i < images.length; i++) {         
				var img = images[i];          
				if(img.src.length == 0) {             
					img.src = 'images/garbage.gif';         
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				} 
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function createTable() {
var machine = document.Catalog.machine.value;
var dSearch = document.Catalog.dSearch.value;
var section = document.Catalog.section.value;
var x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('record');
var y = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('data');
var newEl = document.createElement('TABLE');
newEl.className = 'resultsTab';
var tmp = document.createElement('TBODY');
newEl.appendChild(tmp);
var row = document.createElement('TR');
var n = 1;
var headings = new Array("Col1", "Col2", "Col3", "Col4", "Col5");
var dcount = 0;
//for (t=0;t<10;t++) {
for (t=0;t<y[0].childNodes.length;t++) {  
	if (y[0].childNodes[t].tagName == "record") { // it is required for FF to work properly
		dcount++;
	}
}
if (document.Catalog.thumbImg[0].checked) {  
	var container = document.createElement('TH'); 
	var theData = document.createTextNode("Pic"); 
	container.className = "topline1"; 
    container.appendChild(theData);
    row.appendChild(container);
}
for (h=0;h<headings.length;h++) {
     var container = document.createElement('TH');
     var theData = document.createTextNode(headings[h]);
	 container.className = 'topline' + n;
     container.appendChild(theData);
     row.appendChild(container);
	 n++;
}
tmp.appendChild(row);
switch (searchtype) {
    case 1:
	var objRegex = new RegExp(machine);
    break;
    case 2:
	var objRegex = new RegExp(section, "i");
    break;
    case 3:
	var objRegex = new RegExp(dSearch, "i");
	break;
    default:
	document.getElementById("replaceTxt").innerHTML = "<p>There was an error processing your request.</p>";    
}
var rowColor = 1; 
var noResult = "false"; 
for (i=0;i<dcount;i++) {
	var row = document.createElement('TR');
	var searcharr = new Array();
   	for (j=0;j<x[i].childNodes.length;j++) {  
    	if (x[i].childNodes[j].nodeType != 1) continue;  
		searcharr.push(x[i].childNodes[j].firstChild.nodeValue);
	}
	var searchstrg = searcharr.toString();
	if (searchstrg.match(objRegex)) { 
		var t;
	 	var m=1;
		if (document.Catalog.thumbImg[0].checked) { 
			var pn = "images/"+searcharr[2]+".jpg"; 
			var container = document.createElement('TD'); 
			var refLink = document.createElement("A");
			refLink.setAttribute('href', "javascript:viewImg(\""+pn+"\")");
			var imgHolder = document.createElement("IMG"); 
			imgHolder.setAttribute("src", pn); 
			imgHolder.style.height = "75px";  
			refLink.appendChild(imgHolder); 
			container.appendChild(refLink);   
			container.className = "img"+rowColor; 
			row.appendChild(container);
		}
		for (t=0; t<searcharr.length; t++) {
	    	container = document.createElement('TD');
    		var theData = document.createTextNode(searcharr[t]);
			container.appendChild(theData);
			container.className = 'line' + rowColor + '_' + m;
			row.appendChild(container);
			m++;
		}
		tmp.appendChild(row);
		rowColor == 1 ? rowColor++ : rowColor--;
		document.getElementById("replaceTxt").innerHTML = "";
		document.getElementById("replaceTxt").appendChild(newEl);
		noResult = "true";
	} 
}
if (noResult=="false") { 
	document.getElementById("replaceTxt").innerHTML = "<h3>Sorry, there was no match to your search. &nbsp;Please try again</h3>";
}
}

document.getElementById("replaceTxt").innerHTML

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