hi,
teste das Folgende
hth + Gruss Joachim
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="1">
<tr>
<td id="t1">111</td>
<td id="t2">222 <b>777</b></td>
<td id="t3">333</td>
<td id="t4">444</td>
</tr>
</table>
<script language="javascript1.2">
var txt1 = document.getElementById("t2").firstChild.nodeValue;
var txt2 = document.getElementById("t2").innerHTML;
alert ("nodeValue " + txt1);
alert ("innerHTML " + txt2);
</script>
</body>
</html>