2 column datalist w/ only 1 item

[gagz]

Hi-

anyone know any clever tricks for keeping a two column layout with a datalist that has been bound to a dataset w/ only 1 item? it seems to only put one cell down and center it rather than keep the same look. ie:

<td>value</td>

i'd like to see:

<td>value</td><td></td>

thanks