jquery - get all rows except the first and last

Question

i want to dynamically add a class to all rows of a table except the first and last row. how would i do this without assigning a css class to the rows to identify them. I am getting all but the first row currently with

$("#id").find("tr:gt(0)")

i need to combine this with not("tr:last") somehow maybe?

Answer 1

Strange the suggestions posted did not work, they should all work! BUT...

If it did not work, do it this way.... slightly slower but MUST WORK!! TRY:

$('table#tbl tr').addClass('highlight');
$('table#tbl tr:first-child').removeClass('highlight');
$('table#tbl tr:last-child').removeClass('highlight');