help with scrollbar

[kev wood]

i have these two pages of information which are stored on a php page which then feeds the main div tag on the index page.

 

the problem i have here is that a scrollbar shows up on the first page but not the second.  so to see the rest of the information on the page the user needs to click iun the div and scroll with the mouse or the arrow keys.

 

i cannot work out for the life of me why this is happening (and i know it is prob starring right at me with two fingers up laughing)

 

here is the code for the page were the scrollbar is visible and works

 

case 2:
		echo '';
	$db = "pipdb"; 
	$con = mysql_connect("localhost","***","*******")or die(mysql_error());

	mysql_select_db($db)or die(mysql_error());
	$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM ***** ORDER BY id DESC") or die(mysql_error());
	echo "<div style=\"height: 500px; width: 450px; overflow:auto;\">";
	echo "<table width=350px border=0>\n"; 
	// keeps getting the next row until there are no more to get
	while($row = mysql_fetch_array( $result )) {
		// Print out the contents of each row into a table
		echo "<tr><td>"; 
		echo $row['date'];
		echo "</td></tr>";
		echo "<tr><td><b>"; 
		echo $row['title'];
		echo "</b></td></tr>";
		echo "<tr><td>"; 
		if(!empty($row['image'])) {
		echo '<img src="images/'.$row['image'].'">'; 
		} 
		echo $row['article'];
		echo "</td></tr>";
		echo"<tr><td> </tr></td>"; 
	} 

echo "</table>";
echo "</div>";
		break;

 

and the code where the scrollbar is not visible

 

case 8:
		echo "<div style=\"height: 500px; width: 300px; overflow:auto;\">";
	echo'<table width=100% border=0 align="center"> 
               <tr>
			<td><h2><b>Cobalt Housing</b></h2>
				Cobalt Housing<br /> 
				Cobalt Housing<br />
				Cobalt Housing<br />
				Cobalt Housing<br />
				Cobalt Housing<br />
				Cobalt Housing<br />
				<br />
				<b>Tel :</b>Cobalt Housing<br />
				<b>Fax :</b>Cobalt Housing<br />
				<b>Email :</b> <a href="mailto:Cobalt Housing?subject=Enqiry from PiP website">Cobalt Housing</a>
			</td>
		</tr>
	        <tr>
			<td> </td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td><h2><b>LHT</b></h2>
				LHT<br />
				LHT<br />
				LHT<br />
				LHT<br />
				LHT<br />
				LHT<br />
				<br />
				<b>Tel :</b>LHT<br />
				<b>Fax :</b>LHT<br />
				<b>Email :</b> <a href="mailto:LHT?subject=Enqiry from PiP website">LHT</a>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td> </td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td><h2><b>LMH</b></h2>
				LMH<br />
				LMH<br />
				LMH<br />
				LMH<br />
				LMH<br />
				LMH<br />
				<br />
				<b>Tel :</b>LMH<br />
				<b>Fax :</b>LMH<br />
				<b>Email :</b> <a href="mailto:LMH?subject=Enqiry from PiP website">LMH</a>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td> </td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td><h2><b>Plus Dane Group</b></h2>
				Plus Dane Group<br /> 
				Plus Dane Group<br />
				Plus Dane Group<br />
				Plus Dane Group<br />
				Plus Dane Group<br />
				Plus Dane Group<br />
				<br />
				<b>Tel :</b>Plus Dane Group<br />
				<b>Fax :</b>Plus Dane Group<br />
				<b>Email :</b> <a href="mailto:Plus Dane Group?subject=Enqiry from PiP website">Plus Dane Group</a>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td> </td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td><h2><b>The Regenda Group</b></h2>
				The Regenda Group<br />
				The Regenda Group<br />
				The Regenda Group<br />
				The Regenda Group<br />
				The Regenda Group<br />
				The Regenda Group<br />
				<br />
				<b>Tel :</b>The Regenda Group<br />
				<b>Fax :</b>The Regenda Group<br />
				<b>Email :</b> <a href="mailto:The Regenda Group?subject=Enqiry from PiP website">The Regenda Group</a>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td> </td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td><h2><b>SLH Group</b></h2>
				SLH Group<br />
				SLH Group<br />
				SLH Group<br />
				SLH Group<br />
				SLH Group<br />
				SLH Group<br />
				<br />
				<b>Tel :</b>SLH Group<br />
				<b>Fax :</b>SLH Group<br />
				<b>Email :</b> <a href="mailto:SLH Group?subject=Enqiry from PiP website">SLH Group</a>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td> </td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td><h2><b>Venture</b></h2>
				Venture<br />
				Venture<br /> 
				Venture<br />
				Venture<br />
				Venture<br />
				Venture<br />
				<br />
				<b>Tel :</b>Venture<br />
				<b>Fax :</b>Venture<br />
				<b>Email :</b> <a href="mailto:Venture?subject=Enqiry from PiP website">Venture</a>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td> </td>
		</tr>




	</table>
	</div>';
		break;

 

i know the things displayed are slightly different but this shouldnt matter should it?

[Brian W]

I don't see the problem, but this topic should be in the CSS board...

[kev wood]

thought it might have been a problem with it bein html being sent from a php page

[kev wood]

removed the centre from the table and the scrollbar has now appeared????????????

 

anybody know why this happens?