<HEAD>
<SCRIPT src=tableDom.js>
</SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT>

function doIt() {
  var cg = document.getElementsByTagName("COLGROUP")[0];
  var refCol = document.getElementsByTagName("COL")[1];
  var col = document.createElement("COL", null);
  col.width = 200;
  cg.insertBefore(col, refCol);
}
</SCRIPT>  
</HEAD>
<BODY onload="doIt()">
<table bgcolor=orange border>
 <colgroup>
  <col width=100>
  <col width=300>
 </colgroup>
 <tr>
  <td>100</td><td>200</td><td>300</td>
 </tr>
</table>
</BODY></HTML>