static table headers

[Manuel Socarras]

hi:

ASP/VBScript/Access

being most of the time on the server-side i guess i'm not aware of the
best approach, regarding compatibility/reliability, to set static table
headers for a dinamic page (i'll code by hand, not using the Repeat
Region behavior)

searching i've found:

1. the headers in a table & the rest of data in another table inside a
<DIV ... overflow:scroll|auto>
a) it seems not easy to match cells width in both tables
b) the example i tested doesn't work at all in IE 5.2 Mac

2. <TBODY>
not IE compatible and shows horizontal scrollbar

3. Frame/iFrame

4. <OBJECT> tag ???

4. Flash
clean an easy but i'd prefer not dealing with loading huge amount of
data in a Flash movie


any advice?

TIA,

manuel

[darrel]

> 2. <TBODY>

> not IE compatible and shows horizontal scrollbar

Well, there's the correct, semantic, standards-compliant way, and then
there's the 'just make it work in IE' way. ;o)

The TBODY should work, but if IE is the concern, then you're going to have
to come up with some sort of workaround. NOt sure which of the options you
mentioned would be best...I suppose it depends on your audience.

-Darrel

[Manuel Socarras]

sure, you're right. but you know, we have what we paid for ;-)

manuel

darrel wrote:

>>2. <TBODY>
>>not IE compatible and shows horizontal scrollbar

>
>
> Well, there's the correct, semantic, standards-compliant way, and then
> there's the 'just make it work in IE' way. ;o)
>
> The TBODY should work, but if IE is the concern, then you're going to have
> to come up with some sort of workaround. NOt sure which of the options you
> mentioned would be best...I suppose it depends on your audience.
>
> -Darrel
>
>

[Manuel Socarras]

i've been testing the <OBJECT> tag to embed a table in a cell and it
works fine when the document is a static page. when i tried to include a
dinamic page, only Safari shows the generated table fine. you can take a
look at [url]http://projectes.esdi.es/msocarras/html/sh_obj.htm[/url]

the only workaround that comes to my mind now, is to write dinamically a
HTML file and point the data attribute to it

any advise/suggestion?

TIA,

mnuel

....
<TR>
<TD width="300"><DIV align="center">
<OBJECT data="list_open_jobs.asp?sec=0&cat=0" width="300" height="360">
Warning: "list_open_jobs.asp" could not be embedded.
</OBJECT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD width="300"><DIV align="center"><IMG src="images/listado.jpg"
width="160" height="90"></DIV></TD>
</TR>
....

PC
==
IE 5.0: Shows Warning text
Mozilla 1.7.7: Shows nothing

Mac
===
NN 7.2: Shows nothing
Firefox 1.0: Shows nothing
Safari 1.2.4: OK!!!



Manuel Socarras wrote:

> hi:
>
> ASP/VBScript/Access
>
> being most of the time on the server-side i guess i'm not aware of the
> best approach, regarding compatibility/reliability, to set static table
> headers for a dinamic page (i'll code by hand, not using the Repeat
> Region behavior)
>
> searching i've found:
>
> 1. the headers in a table & the rest of data in another table inside a
> <DIV ... overflow:scroll|auto>
> a) it seems not easy to match cells width in both tables
> b) the example i tested doesn't work at all in IE 5.2 Mac
>
> 2. <TBODY>
> not IE compatible and shows horizontal scrollbar
>
> 3. Frame/iFrame
>
> 4. <OBJECT> tag ???
>
> 4. Flash
> clean an easy but i'd prefer not dealing with loading huge amount of
> data in a Flash movie
>
>
> any advice?
>
> TIA,
>
> manuel