HTML table tag with col, colgroup, tbody, and thead throws compile error in Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Studio 2012

Question

I have a .NET 3.5 web site with a table tag that contains col, colgroup, tbody and thead tags. This is a server side tag with the runat=\"server\" attribute. This table wa

Answer 1

There's now a hotfix to fix this annoying problem: Win7: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2750147 (see ASP.net Issue 3) http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=36359

Win8 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2750149