Re: [VE][122] <td width="50%"> reported as error

On 11 Aug 2009, at 17:47, Stephen G. Zank wrote:
> Validating http://www.horseracepicksusa.com/
> Error [122]: "character X is not allowed in the value of attribute Y"
> character "%" is not allowed in the value of attribute "WIDTH"
> But by all indications this is perfectly valid.


You are writing HTML 3.2. From the DTD:

<!ATTLIST (th|td)                  -- header or data cell --
	…
         width   %Pixels  #IMPLIED  -- suggested width for cell --
         height  %Pixels  #IMPLIED  -- suggested height for cell --
         >

The width attribute only takes a pixel value.
In HTML 4.01 the width attribute for table data cells may take a  
percentage (except in Strict where said attribute doesn't exist). It  
has also been deprecated in favour of CSS.

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