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The ROWSPAN property is disabled in Internet Explorer 8 if a webpage contains a <script> tag in a table cell

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Symptoms

You use Windows Internet Explorer 8 to open a webpage that contains a <script> tag in a table cell. In this situation, the ROWSPAN property of the table is disabled.

Note For the sample code to reproduce this problem, see the "More information" section.

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Resolution

Security update information

To resolve this problem, install the most recent cumulative security update for Windows Internet Explorer. To do this, visit the following Microsoft website:
http://update.microsoft.com
For more technical information about the most recent cumulative security update for Windows Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft website:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx
Note This update was first included in security update 2360131 (MS10-071). For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
2360131 MS10-071: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer

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More information

Sample code to reproduce this�problem

Assume that you develop a webpage by using the following sample code:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> 
<html> 
<head> 
</head> 
<body>
<table border="1"> 
<tr> 
<th rowspan="2" nowrap align="left">16</th> 
<td>123456789<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> 
</script></td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td>123456879</td> 
</tr> 
</table>
</body> 
</html>
When you open this webpage in Internet Explorer 8, you may find that the ROWSPAN property that is specified for the left column is disabled.

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Keywords: KB2312750, kbexpertiseinter, kbsurveynew, kbfix, kbqfe

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Article Info
Article ID : 2312750
Revision : 2
Created on : 2/3/2011
Published on : 2/3/2011
Exists online : False
Views : 341