cannot output table tags in outputraw compnnent

[Ken in Nashua]

Folks,

If the output and outputraw components cannot contain a left angel bracket <

or other angle brackets

ex. <t:output value="</tr><tr>"/>   <t:outputraw value="</tr><tr>"/> 

Then I am left with doing this...

<t:outputraw value="&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;"/> 

But if yeilds the following exception

java.lang.RuntimeExceptionError parsing property expression '</tr><tr>': Unable 
to parse input at character position 1.
Does anyone know how to output table tags in my template ?

Thanks

kcola...@live.com