Question

I need to create a table which should be shown in the page only if it has some content (rows) inside it. The purpose of the table would primarily be to display the data (excel sheets) imported by the user. I am doing all the coding in ASP, how can I accomplish this?

Answer 1

Actually you can keep your table hidden and on page load you can check if table has rows inside it, like

HTML

<table id="xldata" style="display:none">
<thead>
  <th>Colimn One</th><th>Colimn Two</th>
</thead>
<tbody>    
  <tr><td>Cell1</td><td>Cell2</td></tr>
  <tr><td>Cell3</td><td>Cell4</td></tr>
<tbody>    

JS

$(function(){
    if($('table#xlData tbody').children().size()) $('table#xlData').show();
});

But you should use an id for the table, i.e. id="xldata".

DEMO.