Posted by Harlan Messinger on 11/26/07 23:11

bob_jeffcoat@hotmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> 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' >

That semicolon after the first "2" isn't going to work.
>
> 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:

Do you think the "border=2" might be causing a border to appear? Just a
hunch.

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