Table height 100% problem
 
I am trying to make a table to occupy 100% of the space. Layouting a web page in nested tables I find myself in the situation that a column (td) on the left occupies a lot of vertical space and my table on the right is occupying less space. I would like my table to the right to be 100% of the height available (equal to the space the left column takes). I struggle.
 
I found some hints but yet I am unsuccessful fixing it:
100% Table Height
http://apptools.com/examples/tableheight.php
Horribly Annoying 100% Table Width/Height Problem
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum21/4723.htm