Table Problems

thelad

I have a problem that when displaying the table,the more entries I have, the further down the screen it goes.

its really annoying so, if anyone could help

here is the code.

echo '<center>';
echo '<table border=1 cellspacing =1 cellpadding=1>';

echo '<tr><td width=500><center><font face="Bookman Old Style" size="4">
Current Orders </tr></font>';

while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_row($result)) {

if ($myrow[14]=='0')
{
printf("<tr><td bgcolor=#000000><center><a href=vieworder.php?num=%s>%s %s - %s to %s - %s/%s/%s - %s:%s -%s</td></center></a>\n",
$myrow[0],$myrow[1],$myrow[2], $myrow[5],$myrow[8], $myrow[17],$myrow[18],$myrow[19],$myrow[15],$myrow[16],$myrow[14]);

printf("<td><a href=\"onduty.php?num=%s&delete=yes\" target=\"right\">Assign</a></td></tr><br>", $myrow[0]);
}
else
{
printf("<tr><td bgcolor=#ffffff><center><a href=vieworder.php?num=%s>%s %s - %s to %s - %s/%s/%s - %s:%s -%s</td></center></a>\n",
$myrow[0],$myrow[1],$myrow[2], $myrow[5],$myrow[8], $myrow[17],$myrow[18],$myrow[19],$myrow[15],$myrow[16],$myrow[14]);

printf("<td><a href=\"currentjobs.php?num=%s&delete=yes\" target=\"bottom\">Delete</a></td></tr><br>", $myrow[0]);
}
}

echo '</table>';
echo '</center>';

thanks Alex

Anon

what do you mean the further down the screen it goes? that the table starts farther down on the page? you are missing a closing cell tag (</td>) at the beginning of your script. i don't know exactly what you are talking about though.

thelad

the problem is that the table positions itself further and further down the screen,
the more rows appear in it.

i.e. the screen is blank for the first 10 lines, then the table starts.

Please Help

tnelson

Your biggest problem is actually this line.

printf("<td><a href=\"onduty.php?num=%s&delete=yes\" target=\"right\">Assign</a></td></tr><br>", $myrow[0]);

Every time this line is executed, you are getting a <br> placed outside of a table row, and it's going to be rendered above the table. That is why you have so many rows above the table thus pushing it down.

Also, you need to make sure you close those tags. As Chris mentioned, you did not close the TD tag at the top, you also missed closing the CENTER tag, and you should span that two columns, or add a blank cell. You should also close tags you opened in the TD in the TD, <center><a href></td></center></a>
will confuse some