I am displaying a table of data, about 20 rows by 4 columns. This
table is embedded as a data cell in another table.

I want the data cell it is embedded into to be only 5 rows long. How
do I make the inner table scroll so that it will fit inside the outer
table's data cell. The height attribute doesn't work. It's just
ignored.

I'd rather not use frames if I can help it.

Thanks, Rod

Hi,
the best way to be sure that the table won't change is to use IFrame.
This TAG have cols and rows so you can change the height and width and
get scroller if the Data is too long

Try enclosing the inner table in a <div> element with the overflow
attribute set to 'auto'.  So presuming you're working inside a <td>
element with the rowspan set to 5 (that is, for the 5 rows the inner
table should take up in the enclosing table), the code looks something
like this:
<table><tr>
...
<td rowspan=5>
  <div style="width:400; height:1000; overflow:auto">
    <table cellspacing=2 cellpadding=0 border=1 width=184>
      <tr><td>R1 C1</td><td>R1 C2</td><td>R1 C3</td><td>R1
C4</td></tr>
      <tr><td>R2 C1</td><td>R2 C2</td><td>R2 C3</td><td>R2
C4</td></tr>
      ...
      <tr><td>R20 C1</td><td>R20 C2</td><td>R20 C3</td><td>R20
C4</td></tr>
    </table>
  </div>
</td>
...
</tr></table>

You can also try the other overflow properties of 'visible' 'hidden'
and 'scroll', depending on what you need.  You can also mess with the
width and height attributes of the <div> to ensure everything fits
correctly.

Probably easier to code than using an iframe.  This works in IE 5+
(maybe 4 as well) and probably NN6, although I didn't check.  Most
likely won't work in older NN.

Thank you both for your help! I had seen these both before but wasn't
aware they could solve my problem. I saw the <div> tag on my bank's
internet site where it scrolled a table of trtansactions within a
window, but just wasn't sure how it worked. Thanks again

Rod