Posted by Martin Jay on 11/26/07 21:00

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:58:03 -0800 (PST), bob_jeffcoat@hotmail.com
wrote:
>I want to nest a table in another table in a way that makes it appear
>that there is only one table. This is because the program I have
>written joins tables together and it looks best if there appears to be
>only one table and it avoids the problems of column spanning. I can
>use this in the nested table in Firefox:
>
><table border = 2;Width=100% style='border-collapse: collapse; border-
>top: hidden;border-bottom:hidden;border-left:hidden;border-
>right:hidden' >
>
>and it appears in the outer table just like some extra rows. But in
>IE 7 it doesn't work as it appears with a border around the nested
>table. It is driving me mad. Here is my entire HTML:

Does changing this:

<table border = 2;Width=100% style='border-collapse: collapse; border-
>top: hidden;border-bottom:hidden;border-left:hidden;border-
>right:hidden' >

to:

<table border = 2;Width=100% style='border-collapse: collapse; border:
none;' >

give you the effect you want?
--
Martin Jay

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