Posted by bob_jeffcoat on 11/26/07 23:53

On 26 Nov, 23:37, dorayme <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> In article <5r126cF12na2...@mid.individual.net>,
> Harlan Messinger <hmessinger.removet...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> > bob_jeffc...@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?
>
> --
> dorayme

RIGHT, I thought it was only a matter of time before I got this kind
of 'help'.
My program generates a number tables for reporting certain things,
these tables have varying number of columns and sometimes I prefer to
join then together as it looks nicer. I have tried screwing around
with the column span on the cells to make all the tables equal width
but it never looks very good. My program uses an embeded webbrowser
which seems to insist on being IE so I really need IE to do it.

Now then, removing the Border = 2 isn't great as it then removes the
border on the inside of the table. I want my nested table to look
like the containing table so I want it to have borders on the inside
between it's rows.

Tell me the answer

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