How to clip text in table cells

[Ernst]

How can I prevent text (comming from a database) to
clip (not wrapping) in a table cell if it is longer
than the width of the cell?

Ernst

 

[Sybren Stuvel]

Ernst enlightened us with:

How can I prevent text (comming from a database) to clip (not
wrapping) in a table cell if it is longer than the width of the
cell?

Give the table cell a proper width (because it can't calculate the
width from the contents any more if you're going to clip) and set
'overflow: hidden' in it's CSS style.

Sybren

 

[brucie]

In alt.html Ernst said:

How can I prevent text (comming from a database) to
clip (not wrapping) in a table cell if it is longer
than the width of the cell?

only suck out enough text from the db so the cell doesn't warp

 

[Sybren Stuvel]

brucie enlightened us with:

only suck out enough text from the db so the cell doesn't warp

That's hard, since you'll never know the font size for sure.

Sybren