Write a plain HTML table with PHP snippets that print CCK field data? Help?

I really badly need to create a static HTML table where some of the cells spit out CCK field data. I am trying to achieve a table that has "blank rows" which in my case is something that views can not do.

So I plan to just manually structure an HTML table and then have a PHP snippet in a cell return data if there is any in the database, else return nothing and the PHP cell in that row will be blank.

Here is what I am trying to achieve:

The first two columns ('Parking Row' and 'Parking Space') will be static hard-coded HTML. The second two columns ('Unit ID' and 'Status') are CCK values that must come from the database. I placed bold/italics on the cells that I want to come from CCK field data via PHP snippet.

About the CCK data: I have a database of semi tractor trailers, each one is a node with a unique CCK field called 'Unit ID' (achieved using the Unique Field module). The 'Unit ID' is a real number in the real world, physically painted on the back of each semi trailer; it's how we keep track of our equipment.

So every trailer we own has its own Drupal node, with a unique 'Unit ID' CCK field and a slew of other CCK fields holding information about each individual trailer. The fields that concern us here are 'Parking Row' and 'Parking Space' - they tell us where that trailer is parked.

So the purpose of my entire table is to make a "map" of the parking lot so that we can quickly see which trailer is parked in which space. We also need to see which spaces are empty, which is why I don't/can't use views (if a space is empty then there is no node associated with it). All I need to do is figure out how to PHP-print the 'Unit ID' for the node where 'Parking Row' = x and 'Parking Space' = x. Then I can insert the appropriate snippet into each table cell and it should pull the CCK data, and show blank cells when there is no node (trailer) parked in that space.

Here is how I plan to code it. All I need from you is help with the PHP!

<table>
    <thead>
    <tr>
        <th>Parking Row</th>
        <th>Parking Space</th>
        <th>Unit ID</th>
        <th>Status</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
          <tr>
                  <td>A</td>
                  <td>1</td>
                  <td><?php PRINT UNIT_ID FROM CCK FIELD FROM ANY NODE WHERE PARKING_ROW=A & PARKING_SPACE=1 ?></td>
                  <td><?php PRINT STATUS FROM CCK FIELD FROM ANY NODE WHERE PARKING_ROW=A & PARKING_SPACE=1 ?></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
                  <td>A</td>
                  <td>2</td>
                  <td><?php PRINT UNIT_ID FROM CCK FIELD FROM ANY NODE WHERE PARKING_ROW=A & PARKING_SPACE=2 ?></td>
                  <td><?php PRINT STATUS FROM CCK FIELD FROM ANY NODE WHERE PARKING_ROW=A & PARKING_SPACE=2 ?></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
                  <td>A</td>
                  <td>3</td>
                  <td><?php PRINT UNIT_ID FROM CCK FIELD FROM ANY NODE WHERE PARKING_ROW=A & PARKING_SPACE=3 ?></td>
                  <td><?php PRINT STATUS FROM CCK FIELD FROM ANY NODE WHERE PARKING_ROW=A & PARKING_SPACE=3 ?></td>
          </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

I just don't know PHP/CCK well enough to write a working snippet. Do you? Any examples or suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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