To make a background image display correctly, use the STYLE attribute to include your table background image

<TABLE BORDER="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="50%" 
 STYLE="background-image: 
 url('your_image.gif'); border: 
 2 ridge #800000">

The results:

• Explorer displays the image and tiles it if the table is larger than the image.
• Netscape 4.x and below ignores the image completely, but still displays the table contents as you have them defined.
• Netscape 6.0 displays the image and tiles it if the table is larger than the image.

Be sure to define the HEIGHT and WIDTH attributes for the table

OR

Nested tables work. Include BACKGROUND=" " in the inner <TABLE> tag: table align="center">

<TABLE BORDER="0" 
 BACKGROUND="yourPic.jpg">
 <TR>
 <TD>
 <TABLE BORDER="0" 
 BACKGROUND="">
 <TR>
 <TD> </TD>
 <TD> </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD> </TD>
 <TD> </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD> </TD>
 <TD> </TD>
 </TR>
 </TABLE>
 </TD>
 </TR>
</TABLE>