# Why is my border not solid?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-is-my-border-not-solid/291856>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [July 6, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-is-my-border-not-solid/291856 "2009-07-06T19:58:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![jpearson311](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/977dab/32.png) [@jpearson311](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jpearson311)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-is-my-border-not-solid/291856/1 "2009-07-06T19:58:30Z")

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Can anyone tell me why this line of HTML is not making the left border of my \<td\> tag not solid, 1px and black? Thanks!

```auto

<tr>
<td height="200" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#E8E8E8" colspan="3" style="border-left:solid #000000 1px;"></td>
</tr>

```