Need Help Controlling Table Height Defaults

[windows]

<table width="500" border><br />
<tr><br />
<td width=250 height=10>A</td><br />
<td rowspan=2><font size=8>B and more B of undetermined amount</td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><td>C</td></tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
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This is the problem I am having. The Col B is going to be large but not set at a specific amount. I would like TD C to expand with it, not TD A. I have placed a height= in A to try and constrain but it does not work. Any solutions?<br />
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Thanks<br />
MP<!--content-->Originally posted by winsave11 <br />
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This is the problem I am having. The Col B is going to be large but not set at a specific amount. I would like TD C to expand with it, not TD A. I have placed a height= in A to try and constrain but it does not work. <br />
Any solutions?<br />
<br />
<br />
The obvious solution is to stop abusing <table> for creating general page layout and use CSS instead.<br />
Eg this will do something along the lines of what you want:<br />
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<div style="float:left; width:250px">col A</div><br />
<div><br />
<div style="float:left; width:60%;">col B</div><br />
col C<br />
</div><!--content-->