ok DJM, you have two options:
either use only html for the table and it should be like this:
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<table border="4" bordercolor="#CC9900">
<tr>
<td>
this is a test
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
or using CSS within your code, like this:
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
table { border-color: rgb( 100, 100, 255);
border-style: solid; }
td { border-color: #FFBD32;
border-style: ridge; }
p { border-color: blue;
border-style: solid; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<td>
this is a test
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
if you want more options for border color and style in css, check this link
http://www.tizag.com/cssT/border.php
by the way i tested both, and both ways work for me, if you got any error just post your whole code here and i am happy to help you.
p.s there's "</html>" in the end of each code but i don't know why it didn't appear.
Edited by web_designer, 01 June 2010 - 06:48 AM.