Positioning the column in the table

[Ismael Upright]

Hello,

I have a table with 2 columns. I want:
- make the table to fill all possible width
- text in second column not to be wrapped
- second column to have the width equal to width of the longest text line inside this column

Everything without scripts and CSS, just plain old HTML

Is it possible to do?

[Bear Bibeault]

What have you tried? And why the rather odd "no CSS" directive?

[Ismael Upright]

Actually I know how to make a table with width to the screen size, the problem is how to make the second column to behave as I want.

I'll try to draw it:

Mr---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mrs-----
John Doe--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jane Doe
Washington------------------------------------------------------------------------------Paris----
USA-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------UE------


Text in second column is to be aligned to the left (at least I tried...), but the column itself is supposed to be on the right side of the screen.
The width of the second column is to be equal to the widest text line contained in it (which is "Jane Doe").
The table is supposed to have the screen width.


Why "no CSS" well... long story short - it is supposed to be a HTML document builder, where you give the small pieces of document (like "John Doe personal data piece" and "Jane Doe personal data piece") and receive a complete document. One of the assumptions is "no CSS" directive

[Ismael Upright]

Found the solution: <col width="0*">

<table border="1" >
 <colgroup width="100%">
 <col>
 <col width="0*">
 </colgroup>
 <tbody>
 <tr><th>opis</th><th>opis</th></tr>
 <tr><td>tekst</td><td nowrap>tekst</td></tr>
 <tr><td>tekst</td><td nowrap>długi tekst</td></tr>
 </tbody>
 </table>