Re: Table not breaking across page

FYI - I have seen this behaviour also (where a table that is
broken
across pages loses its headers and the rule at the top of
the new
page).  I hadn't gotten around to trying to narrow it down
to something
I'm doing or not.

- dfp

--- Dishaa <dishaagyahoo.com> wrote:

> ic....Aaargh! 
> 
> Another problem I saw was, when the table does neatly
break across,
> the heading row does not repeat. In addition, the first
row in the
> new page does not have the top-border - looks like its
cut off!
> 
> Any solutions for this?
> 
> Bob Stayton <bobssagehill.net> wrote:    
Now that you have found it
> in the fo file, you  might try figuring out where it is
coming from
> in the XSL templates so you don't  have to fix up the
FO file each
> time.  You can sometimes tell from the  other
attributes with it, and
> then look for an attribute-set that has  those.
>   
>  Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> DocBook Consulting
> bobssagehill.net
>   
>   
>     ----- Original Message ----- 
>    From:    Dishaa 
>    To: Bob Stayton ; docbook-appslists.oasis-open.org    
>    Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 7:45    AM
>    Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Table not    breaking
across page
>    
> 
> Bob,
> 
> You are absolutely right! This was what was   
happening. I went to
> my fo file and changed it to auto. It works. Thank you 
  Bob...once
> again!
> 
> But this sure is a pesky workaround, esp since the fo  
 file is big
> and its rather slow in scrolling. But what a small
matter compared   
> to the universe! I'll survive!
> 
> Regards,
> Dishaa
> 
> Bob    Stayton <bobssagehill.net> wrote:    
              It sounds
> like there is still a     
keep-together.within-column="always"
> property on the table or a block      containing the
table, and FOP
> 0.93 doesn't always handle those      properly.  You
might take a
> peek inside your fo file to see if such a      property
is there. 
> Its position might give you a clue as to where it     
is being
> added.
>       
>      Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> DocBook Consulting
> bobssagehill.net
>       
>       
>             -----        Original Message ----- 
>        From:        Dishaa        
>        To:        docbook-appslists.oasis-open.org       

>        Sent:        Monday, July 30, 2007 7:57 AM
>        Subject:        [docbook-apps] Table not
breaking across page
>        
> 
> Dear Users,
> 
> I am having an issue with a large table        that I
need to create.
> The table has about 89 odd rows and though I am       
able to create
> it with no issues, when I look at the PDF output, the  
     result
> looks bad. It looks to me like the table is trying to
fit on the     
>   same page and as a result rows are all getting
printed on top of
> each        other.
> 
> As mentioned in Bob's book, I have even tried making
the        table
> flow to the next page by using DBFO Kep-together
="auto" as shown    
>    below. But in this case, it is somehow not taking   
    it:
> 
> ...<para>This section lists different attributes
and the       
> values for those attributes along with
description.</para>
>          <para><table
frame="all">
>              <title>Attribute - Tax
Group</title>
> <?dbfo        keep-together="auto" ?>  
   
> <tgroup        cols="2"
id="one">
> ...
> 
> Kindly assist me by pointing me in the        right
direction to make
> long tables break across pages without any       
issues.
> 
> Additional info: I am using 1.72.0 ver of Docbook XSL, 
      Fop0.93
> and Sytenxt Serna.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Dishaa
> 
> 
>        Dishaa Ganapathy 
> Princeton, NJ
> Tel: 678-925-2072|Email:        dishaagyahoo.com
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Dishaa wrote:

> Another problem I saw was, when the table does neatly
break across,
> the heading row does not repeat. 

Do you have thead element in your DocBook table? Only table
header is
repeated on the new page.

> In addition, the first row in the
> new page does not have the top-border - looks like its
cut off!

It's default FO behaviour, you can change it by using the
following code
in your customization layer:

<xsl:attribute-set
name="table.table.properties">
  <xsl:attribute
name="border-before-width.conditionality">retai
n</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:attribute-set>


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