background image using CSS

I am trying to apply a background image to the table my navigation bar is in. I formerly had something like:

<table background=”url of image”>

This worked fine however, I am trying not to use the attribute “background” as it does not validate. Therefore I tried some CSS (unsuccessfully) like:

<table style=”background-image: url(…)”>

This however did not work. I was thinking maybe i need to add quotations aorund the url in the parentheses like:

<table style=”background-image: url(“…”)”>
or…
<table style=”background-image: url(‘…’)”>

No idea if this line of thought is on the right track but either way all help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Dave

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