Posted by dorayme on 11/26/07 23:37

In article <5r126cF12na2iU5@mid.individual.net>,
Harlan Messinger <hmessinger.removethis@comcast.net> wrote:

> 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.

In any case, op should put the border instruction into the css,
since he has gone to the trouble of having some inline css. Is it
clear to anyone why *exactly* op wants a table within a table?

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dorayme

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