selective table borders ?

[Sam Black]

Is it possible to render a table display without, say, either the top or
bottom borders showing?

ie, to assign different border values to the outside perimeter borders of a
table?

thanks,

Sam

 

[Jonathan N. Little]

Is it possible to render a table display without, say, either the top or
bottom borders showing?

ie, to assign different border values to the outside perimeter borders of a
table?

Yep, http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/tables.html

Take note of example here:
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/tables.html#img-CSStbl3

 

[Jukka K. Korpela]

Scripsit Sam Black:

Is it possible to render a table display without, say, either the top
or bottom borders showing?

To some extent, you can use the frame="..." attribute in a <table> tag for
such purposes. For example, <table frames="vsides"> puts a border on the
left and right only.

But you'll get a more logical and a more flexible approach by suing CSS
inside.

ie, to assign different border values to the outside perimeter
borders of a table?

I don't think that's an "ie" (id est, that is).

If you want different border _widths_ or _colors_, for example, as it
sounds, then the HTML attributes are too limited and you really need CSS.