how to make text follow in a new line and fit into a cell without widening it

width="150px"

are you saying that it was a missing px that is causing the problem? nothing more?

i doubt this is the cause, anyway i tried using a style like this

<td class="aTitle" valign="top">
<!-- Left Column -->
<a class="RelatedArticle" href="view.asp?ID=<%=trim(RS("ID"))%>"><%=trim(RS("fldTITLE"))%></a><br /></td>

and on the css styles page i added

td.acolumn {
width: 150px;
overflow: hidden;
}


The actual data that needs trunucating is a url that is very long. it is drawn from the part of the code which contains the authors biodate and webaddress and email.
Here is more of the code in case it may be the problem, in not letting it work. the table 658 is split into 3 columns, the first column is 150px and the data comes after the "authors image" but before the "related article" links, which means it must be the part that begins "if DB to use =1"

<table width="658" align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>

<td class="aTitle" valign="top">
<!-- Left Column -->


<%IF NOT (NIMAGE = "" OR IsNUll(NIMAGE)) THEN%> <img src="<%=NIMAGE%>" width="60" height="50" vspace="8" border="1"/> <br />
<hr align="center" width="100%" size="1" style="color: gray;"/>
<%END IF%>
<img src="images1/related2.JPG" width="140" height="36" alt="" border="0" /><br />
<br />
<%

IF DB_TO_USE = 1 OR DB_TO_USE = 3 THEN

SQL = "SELECT ID, fldTITLE FROM nm_tbl_news WHERE ((fldACTIVE = 1) AND (Now() BETWEEN fldPOSTED AND fldEXPIRES)) AND (ID IN (SELECT fldCID FROM nm_tbl_relations WHERE fldPID = " & NID & "))"

ELSE

SQL = "SELECT ID, fldTITLE FROM nm_tbl_news WHERE ((fldACTIVE = 1) AND (GetDate() BETWEEN fldPOSTED AND fldEXPIRES)) AND (ID IN (SELECT fldCID FROM nm_tbl_relations WHERE fldPID = " & NID & "))"

END IF
Set RS = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
RS.LockType = 1
RS.CursorType = 0
RS.Open SQL, MyConn
WHILE NOT RS.EOF

RCOUNT = RCOUNT + 1
%>

<img src="images1/blackbullet.JPG" width="5" height="5" alt="" border="0" /> <a class="RelatedArticle" href="view.asp?ID=<%=trim(RS("ID"))%>"><%=trim(RS("fldTITLE"))%></a><br />
<% RS.MoveNext

WEND

RS.Close

Set RS = Nothing IF RCOUNT = 0 THEN%>There are no related articles.<% End If %>
<br /><br />


<!-- [ Left Column ] -->

sometimes missing "px" is the problem, it was the only error I can see in the previous post but for this post the error is :

class="aTitle"

should be:

class="acolumn"

hope this helps.

yes i realised, thank you.

sorry still no results that work,

i actually discovered the right code, that needs modifying, i didn't post it above, it was the wrong code.
Here is what i have at the present, and using your suggestionms, which doesn't chop the url, it still makes the table cell longer. Bear in mind the url that is pulled is like one very long word, it's a headache, what a silly problem

ive even tried adding the style from dreamweaver, to the "email" and "web address" part, but it still wouldn't chop the url and make it fit into 2 lines instead of extending the table cell.

<td width="190" valign="top">
<!-- Left Column -->


<%IF NOT (BIO = "" OR IsNUll(BIO) OR IMAGE = "" OR IsNUll(IMAGE)) THEN%>
<div style="padding-right: 5px;padding-bottom: 5px;">

<img src="<%=IMAGE%>" width="60" height="50" vspace="4" border="1" align="left"/>
<%=BIO%><br />

<%IF NOT (WEB = "" OR IsNull(WEB)) THEN%><br /><A class="aColumn" target="_blank" href="<%=WEB%>"><%=WEB%></A>
<%END IF%>
<%IF NOT (EMAIL = "" OR IsNull(EMAIL)) THEN%><br />

<A class="aColumn" href="mailto:<%=EMAIL%>"><%=EMAIL%></A><%END IF%><hr align="center" width="100%" size="1" style="color: gray;"/>

and in my stylessheet i have added,

.aColumn { height: 20px; width: 150px; overflow: hidden; }

OK now it works, i have managed to get the code below to chop the url, but what happens is that the url gets chopped, and the chopped bit, doesn't carry on in the next line. It works in the link though, but i'd like the whole link (url) to show, it can carry on the next line and line after if need be.

This is what im using, but on the page itself, the part which is [end/code] or something, shows on the webpage. I also note that the code works even if i don't add the vbscript part, so is it necessasry? Anyway this is the page code now

In the stylesheet:

.aColumn { word-wrap: break-word; width: 150px; overflow: hidden; }

code on the webpage is:

<table width="760" align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0">
</p>
<tr>
<td width="155" valign="top">
<!-- Left Column -->

<%IF NOT (BIO = "" OR IsNUll(BIO) OR IMAGE = "" OR IsNUll(IMAGE)) THEN%>
<div style="padding-right: 5px;padding-bottom: 5px;">
<img src="<%=IMAGE%>" width="60" height="50" vspace="4" border="1" align="left"/>
<%=BIO%><br />

<%IF NOT (WEB = "" OR IsNull(WEB)) THEN%><br /><A class="aColumn" target="_blank" href="<%=WEB%>"><%=WEB%></A>
<%END IF%>
<%IF NOT (EMAIL = "" OR IsNull(EMAIL)) THEN%><br /><A class="aColumn" href="mailto:<%=EMAIL%>"><%=EMAIL%></A><%END IF%>

do i leave the cell table as it is? the only problem now is that the last bit ( [/code]) shows on the webpagge, and that the chopped url doesn't show on the next line. It fits though, the cell doesn't widen now.