How to repeat a background image to cover the height of the page?

Question

Hi
I have a page with an image alinged to the top in a table and
I have a pattern in the background of the cell in the same table
I need that background of the cell to repeat it self along
the height of the page, so when someone views the page at a higher
resolution, the background image will repeat it self to cover the
extra space.
I've tried setting the height of the table to percentage, but
the table doesn't cover the height of the page.
I could also make the table really long so when viewed at
higher resolution there wont be any blank space at the bottom, but
this makes an unnecessary and long scroll when viewed at lower
resolution.
Someone told me to use css but i have now idea how to
implement that.

Answer 1

make sure you have set your page margins to 0 if you don't
want the default
margin top left. Cut and paste the following into the head of
your document
just before the closing </head> tag.
then if you want to repeat a background image in a cell, you
need to create
a rule to do this:
.cellback {
/*this repeats the image across the page horizontally*/
/* if you want to repeat down the page, then change to
repeat-y */
background: url(pics/whatever.gif) repeat-x;
you can combine this background image rule with the other
margin setting so
you have:
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {
margin: 0;
padding:0;
.cellback {
background: url(pics/whatever.gif) repeat-x;
-->
</style>
You then apply to the class to your cell
<td clas="cellback">
Examples here:
http://www.dreamweaverresources.com/tutorials/pagebackgrounds/cellbackground.htm
this shows how to use a background image for your entire
page:
http://www.dreamweaverresources.com/tutorials/pagebackgrounds/examplehor.htm
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> I have a page with an image alinged to the top in a
table and I have a
> pattern
> in the background of the cell in the same table
> I need that background of the cell to repeat it self
along the height of
> the
> page, so when someone views the page at a higher
resolution, the
> background
> image will repeat it self to cover the extra space.