steventhrasher42@hotmail.com wrote:[color=blue]
> I can't figure out a way to possibly make this work in HTML. I have a
> table embedded in another table, with the inner table spanning a few
> columns. I would like for the outer table to span the width of the
> page. The problem is that the 2nd row that contains the colspan'ed
> cell with the inner table in it is wider than it needs to be (there's
> blank space at the end) which causes the top row to be wider than it
> needs to be. Why, and is there a workaround?
>
> Sample HTML follows... Assume the number of columns and widths of
> these columns can be variable since the page is generated dynamically.
> Also assume I have to have the outer table to keep columns aligned on
> consecutive rows.
>
> Thanks!
>
> <HTML>
> <BODY>
>
> <TABLE BORDER=1>
> <COL>
> <COL>
> <COL WIDTH=100%>
>
> <TR>
> <TD NOWRAP>Outer Table Cell</TD>
> <TD NOWRAP>Outer Table Cell</TD>
> <TD NOWRAP>Outer Table Cell</TD>
> </TR>
>
> <TR>
> <TD COLSPAN=3>
>
> <TABLE BORDER=1>
>
> <TR>
> <TD NOWRAP>Inner Table Cell</TD>
> <TD NOWRAP>Inner Table Cell</TD>
> <TD NOWRAP>Inner Table Cell</TD>
> <TD NOWRAP>Inner Table Cell</TD>
> <TD NOWRAP>Inner Table Cell</TD>
> <TD NOWRAP>Inner Table Cell</TD>
> <TD NOWRAP>Inner Table Cell</TD>
> <TD NOWRAP>Inner Table Cell</TD>
> <TD NOWRAP>Inner Table Cell</TD>
> <TD NOWRAP>Inner Table Cell</TD>
> <TD NOWRAP>Inner Table Cell</TD>
> </TR>
>
> </TABLE>
>
> </TD>
> </TR>
>
> </TABLE>
>
> </BODY>
> </HTML>
>[/color]
I am not totally sure I understand what you are trying to do, but have
you tried deleting your <col> tags and putting width="100%" as a
parameter on the outer table tag?
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Søren Beck
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Table Within Table with colspan and width=100% 
