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Message no. 1
From: K in the Shadows <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: (OT) Tables and HTML (Re: Shadowrun Assassin Promotional Flyer)
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 14:23:00 EDT
In a message dated 10/14/1998 6:15:09 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
mccrohan@*****.OIT.GATECH.EDU writes:

>
> > Tables within tables should be possible, according to HTML 3.2 (and
> > presumably 4.0) standard. Unfortunately, HTML seems to be like every
other
> > "standard" in the computer industry -- namely, everything but.
>
> Yah, tables within tables are definitely legal, I'm just not sure
> if you can have multiple tables within the same cell of a larger table. I
> don't know why you wouldn't be able to (unless the first had a 100% width,
> leaving no room for the second), but I've never tried it.

In most HTML encoders that I am running across these days, I find that a table
being placed within a single cell of another table is fine. AND that multiple
tables placed within a single cell are possible, IF their order or hierarchy
is kept in line. For example. You could have a table with two columns.
Inside each column, each cell could have another table that has two columns
itself. Make sure to set the borders and partitions of the table to 1 or 0 if
possible for appearances sake. Then, inside each cell of *that* table,
another table could be made.

This would create what would look like two tables sitting side-by-side each
other within another table's cell structure. And any tables that you do not
want to have visible to the viewer in the browser would need to of course have
it's borders rendered transparent.

-K (who said he was learning this stuff a while ago ;)

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