Highlight active page in a table row using views
I was able to get the answer using jquery. Hope this will help others who need it. Just add this code into the top of the page template and it will create the active class for you.

&lt;script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"&gt;

$(function() {
   $('.views-table a.active').closest('tr').addClass('active_row');
});

&lt;/script&gt;


Remember to change the "views-table" to match your own table.