CSS Cell Margin

Question

In my HTML document, I have a table with two columns and multiple rows. How can I increase the space in between the first and second column with css? I\'ve tried applying \"

Answer 1

Following Cian's solution of setting a border in place of a margin, I discovered you can set border color to transparent to avoid having to color match the background. Works in FF17, IE9, Chrome v23. Seems like a decent solution provided you don't also need an actual border.