HTML - TABLE ROW height command

[Anon]

I am trying to set the row heights of a cell. I seem to be having problems as the rows end up being "stretched" larger than the set row heights I set:

<TR height=10>
<TD height=10>Row1 - Cell1</TD>

<TD ROWSPAN=2>Row1 - Cell2 - This cell is LONG...there is alot of text and information, hence the rowspan</td></tr>

<TR>
<TD>&nbsp</td></tr>

Note the 2nd row above....I tried to set this so that the row height of ROW 2 is variable, and it would make up for the excess beyond 10 pixels set in ROW1.

But, instead, ROW1 gets stretched to be greater than 10 pixels.

How do I FORCE the height of ROW 1 while setting the hight of ROW2 to be variable.

Please note that I CANNOT set the height of the entire table, as different browsers use different font sizes, so that would not work. I need row1 to be 10 pixels period.

Any help is appreciated.

[Anon]

How about putting it inside another table, and having a transparent image (<IMG SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="20">) in there. That would make sure the height is 20 pixels...?

[Anon]

Thanks, but I'm trying to avoid Nested tables.

You can see what I'm talking about at http://www.gamblegoddess.com/test2.php