| Posted by Larry on 09/15/05 05:11 
Dima Gofman wrote:> > Larry wrote:
 > >
 > >> I have a CGI program that generates a fairly long HTML table in
 > >> response to a query.  How do I make it so that the user can print the
 > >> table from their browser and have the column headings show up on the
 > >> top of each page?  I know about the "page-break-after" style tag, but I
 > >> have no way to know when to output it.  Another option I've considered
 > >> is something like Crystal Reports, but that's expensive, complex, and
 > >> way more than what I need.
 > >>
 >
 > Simple!  In FireFox it's enough to simply use <thead> and <th> tags and
 > to get the same effect in IE all you need is a bit of CSS.  Like so:
 >
 > <html><head><title></title>
 > <style type='text/css'>
 > 	thead{display:table-header-group}
 > </style>
 > </head><body>
 
 ....
 
 Thanks!  I'll try that!
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