A Table with a background image: Note tiling effcets in NN vs IE:

A Table inside a DIV with a background set via CSS. Same effects as above in IE/NN, but background appears in Opera (Opera 3 does not support TABLE or TD backgrounds, Opera 4 seems to support TD backgrounds but not TABLE backgrounds.).

The following example has the background specified on the cell a single cell table and then has the main table within that cell. This nested table has a transparent GIF set as the background. This tiles in the same fashion in both IE and Netscape.

Combing the second (DIV) and third (Transparent GIF) techniques above. This creates identical effect in Opera3+, IE3+ and NN4+.