This article discusses both the issue and solution in detail.
The best way to approach this problem is to think outside the box a little. There's no reason that both containers need to stretch to 100% if you're just concerned about the background stretching for both of them. There's a really simple technique called Faux Columns in which you combine the backgrounds for both sidebars into one single background image, and set the main container's background to that image.
When a longer sidebar stretches the main container, it brings down the background for both sidebars.
You should be able to use just margin:0; padding:0; height:100%; For the conatainers to get what you want.
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