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Unit 3.3 Web application development tools & Technologies TABLES

Table consists of rows and columns.

Table displays data in column on web page. Each row of the table is describe between <TR> and </TR>.
Table row can be of types:
           <TH> is table header, defines the header of the columns of the table
           <TD> is data cell, defines the data to be displayed in the cells.

The attributes of <TABLE> tag are:

Attributes	Description
ALIGN	Set HORIZONTAL alignments of the text and can have one of the following values: LEFT, RIGHT and CENTER
VALIGN	Set VERTICAL alignments of the text and can have one of the following values: TOP, MIDDLE or BOTTOM
WIDTH	Width of table (specified number of pixel/percentage of the screen width)
BORDER	Thickness of the border
CELLPADDING	Distance between data and the boundaries of the cell.
CELLSPACING	Spacing between adjacent cells.
COLSPAN	Used inside <TH> or <TD> tag to make the cell more than one column.
ROWSPAN	Used inside <TH> or <TD> tag to make the cell more than one row.

Example:
              <TABLE border=1 width=50% >
                     <TR><TH>Student Name</TH><TH> Programme</TH></TR>
                     <TR><TD>Aakash</TD><TD>PGD in eLearning</TD></TR>
                     <TR><TD>Anju</TD><TD>PGD in eLearning</TD></TR>
              </TABLE>

Work in progress, expect frequent changes. Help and feedback is welcome. See discussion page.