<HEAD>
<SCRIPT src=tableDom.js>
</SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT>

function doIt() {
  var table = document.getElementsByTagName("TABLE")[0];
  var col = document.createElement("COL", null);
  col.width = 200;
  table.appendChild(col);
}
</SCRIPT>  
</HEAD>
<BODY onload="doIt()">
The 2 tables should look the same
<table bgcolor=orange border>
 <col>
 <tr>
  <td>c11</td><td>c12</td>
 </tr>
</table>
<BR>
<table bgcolor=orange border>
 <col>
 <col width=200>
 <tr>
  <td>c11</td><td>c12</td>
 </tr>
</table>
<BR>
</BODY></HTML>