problem

[hilz]

Hi all...
I have the following dataTable:

<h:dataTable binding="#{CreateInstance.dataTable1}"
    id="dataTable1"
   value="#{CreateInstance.dataTable1Model}"
   var="currentRow" >

   <f:verbatim>
     <colgroup>
       <col width="200px"/>
       <col width="200px"/>
       <col width="200px"/>
       <col width="500px"/>
     </colgroup>
   </f:verbatim>

 <h:column .....
....




the colgroup element does not show up in the rendered html at all... as 
it if is ignored...
i tried to remove the <f:verbatim> tags too, and it will still not work
does anyone know why is that? and how can i set he column widths?

thanks