Link CSS (cross post)

[Joe]

I have a style sheet for a:hover and it works fine except I would like the
background color to be the same as the parent...but not transparant.
Basically I have some links in a table with a dark background color and
other links in light colored backgrounds. I don't want to use transparant
because then I can see text underneath the link. I tried stuff like:
BACKGROUND-COLOR: parent;
and
BACKGROUND-COLOR: parent.bgcolor;
Is there any way to do what I want?
Also, Is there a way to change the stylesheet according to the browser being
used? I can do it in ASP but I'd rather not use the server resources, I'm
looking for something client-side.
Thanks,

Joe Mumbauer.