table column size

I'm trying to make a table with several columns. I would like to force one of the columns to expand completely so that the text it contains does not run over into the second line like this:


| header | header
header 1 | 2 | 3
------------------------------
| |


instead of this:


header | header | header
1 | 2 | 3
--------------------------
| |


Is this possible? thanks for the help.

<table>
<col id="col1" />
<col id="col2" />
<col id="col3" />
<tr>
<th scope="col">header 1</th>
<th scope="col">header 2</th>
<th scope="col">header 3</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>cell 1</td>
<td>cell 2</td>
<td>cell 3</td>
</tr>
…
</table>



#col1 {width: ??px;}

probably should've mentioned this in my original post: the data in the table varies so the size of column 1 will change which is why using an absolute size will not work for me :(

Ah then scrap the size thing and prevent the text in the first cell from wrapping instead:

<table>
<tr>
<th id="header1" scope="col">header 1</th>
<th scope="col">header 2</th>
<th scope="col">header 3</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>cell 1</td>
<td>cell 2</td>
<td>cell 3</td>
</tr>
…
</table>


#header1 {white-space: nowrap;}

thank you. exactly what i needed :)