Posted by Harlan Messinger on 11/27/07 05:03

bob_jeffcoat@hotmail.com wrote:
> 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

For your information, I had written an answer above but, once I saw
these last four words, and took into additional consideration your sneer
at dorayme's 'help' above, I deleted it. Who do you think you are?

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