Noob question about columns in IE

[MGully88]

I am having problems displaying columns in IE. I know this issue has been throughly discussed but after a while searching for a solution and finding none, I'm resorting to your help. The following code displays correctly in Firefox but in IE it looks completely wrong. Check it out in both:
http://www.smatty.com/test.html

If you could provide me with a solution to this problem it would be greatly appreciated.

 

[ManicCW]

you dont need these small rows with height 3 or something. Use css and set cell border size to 3. it much better solution. btw. use css more. as for columns if you dont need secont column to be just 3px width then use 2 colums with one border. to paint columns in different style use col tag.