HTML Tables

[Bill Marriott]

Forgive me if this has been "asked and answered" on the list before, but I 
think it's of general enough interest for me to post, in case someone has 
already invented this mousetrap.

I am wondering what the most efficient way might be to convert an HTML table 
into a Rev table.

The ideal solution would

- convert <tr>'s into rows and <td>'s into columns
- correctly handle (i.e., ignore) all of the various attributes that might 
be embedded within the table tags.
- designed for data tables (not formatting tables)
- work very fast

Ideas? Suggestions? Pointers?

- Bill