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<THEAD ...>, <TBODY ...>, and <TFOOT ...> establish groups of rows. <THEAD ...> indicates that a group of rows are the header rows at the top of the table. <TBODY ...> indicates that a group of rows are body rows. <TFOOT ...> indicates that a group of rows are the footer rows at the bottom of the table.

The most popuplar use for these three tags, which are currently only recognized by MSIE 4 and up, is to put borders between groups of rows instead of between every row. For example, suppose you have a table in which you want borders around the top row, the bottow row, and around the entire block of rows in between. You could do that with the following code. Note that in addition to <THEAD ...>, <TBODY ...>, and <TFOOT ...> you also must use <TABLE RULES=GROUPS>:

<TABLE CELLPADDING=6 RULES=GROUPS  FRAME=BOX>

<THEAD>
<TR> <TH>Weekday</TH> <TH>Date</TH> <TH>Manager</TH> <TH>Qty</TH> </TR>
</THEAD><TBODY>
<TR> <TD>Mon</TD> <TD>09/11</TD> <TD>Kelsey</TD>  <TD>639</TD>  </TR>
<TR> <TD>Tue</TD> <TD>09/12</TD> <TD>Lindsey</TD> <TD>596</TD>  </TR>
<TR> <TD>Wed</TD> <TD>09/13</TD> <TD>Randy</TD>   <TD>1135</TD> </TR>
<TR> <TD>Thu</TD> <TD>09/14</TD> <TD>Susan</TD>   <TD>1002</TD> </TR>
<TR> <TD>Fri</TD> <TD>09/15</TD> <TD>Randy</TD>   <TD>908</TD>  </TR>
<TR> <TD>Sat</TD> <TD>09/16</TD> <TD>Lindsey</TD> <TD>371</TD>  </TR>
<TR> <TD>Sun</TD> <TD>09/17</TD> <TD>Susan</TD>   <TD>272</TD>  </TR>
</TBODY><TFOOT>
<TR> <TH ALIGN=LEFT COLSPAN=3>Total</TH> <TH>4923</TH> </TR>
</TFOOT>

</TABLE>

which gives us this table:

Weekday	Date	Manager	Qty
Total			4923
Mon	09/11	Kelsey	639
Tue	09/12	Lindsey	596
Wed	09/13	Randy	1135
Thu	09/14	Susan	1002
Fri	09/15	Randy	908
Sat	09/16	Lindsey	371
Sun	09/17	Susan	272

You should use at most one <THEAD ...> or <TFOOT ...>, but you can use multiple <TBODY ...>'s. For example, the following code has several <TBODY ...>'s to create multiple groups of data:

<TABLE RULES=GROUPS FRAME=BOX>

<THEAD>
<TR> <TH>Weekday</TH> <TH>Date</TH>  <TH>Manager</TH> </TR>
</THEAD><TBODY>
<TR> <TD>Monday</TD>    <TD>09/11/2000</TD> <TD>Kelsey</TD>  </TR>
<TR> <TD>Tuesday</TD>   <TD>09/12/2000</TD> <TD>Lindsey</TD> </TR>
<TR> <TD>Wednesday</TD> <TD>09/13/2000</TD> <TD>Randy</TD>   </TR>
<TR> <TD>Thursday</TD>  <TD>09/14/2000</TD> <TD>Susan</TD>   </TR>
<TR> <TD>Friday</TD>    <TD>09/15/2000</TD> <TD>Randy</TD>   </TR>
<TR> <TD>Saturday</TD>  <TD>09/16/2000</TD> <TD>Lindsey</TD> </TR>
<TR> <TD>Sunday</TD>    <TD>09/17/2000</TD> <TD>Susan</TD>   </TR>
</TBODY><TBODY>
<TR> <TD>Monday</TD>    <TD>09/18/2000</TD> <TD>Melody</TD>     </TR>
<TR> <TD>Tuesday</TD>   <TD>09/19/2000</TD> <TD>Christiane</TD> </TR>
<TR> <TD>Wednesday</TD> <TD>09/20/2000</TD> <TD>Symphony</TD>   </TR>
<TR> <TD>Thursday</TD>  <TD>09/21/2000</TD> <TD>Starflower</TD> </TR>
<TR> <TD>Friday</TD>    <TD>09/22/2000</TD> <TD>Miko</TD>       </TR>
<TR> <TD>Saturday</TD>  <TD>09/23/2000</TD> <TD>Cleo</TD>       </TR>
<TR> <TD>Sunday</TD>    <TD>09/24/2000</TD> <TD>Alyx</TD>       </TR>
</TBODY><TBODY>
<TR> <TD>Monday</TD>    <TD>09/25/2000</TD> <TD>Dancing Star</TD> </TR>
<TR> <TD>Tuesday</TD>   <TD>09/26/2000</TD> <TD>Dawn</TD>         </TR>
<TR> <TD>Wednesday</TD> <TD>09/27/2000</TD> <TD>Josh</TD>         </TR>
<TR> <TD>Thursday</TD>  <TD>09/28/2000</TD> <TD>Ryan</TD>         </TR>
<TR> <TD>Friday</TD>    <TD>09/29/2000</TD> <TD>Mary Kay</TD>     </TR>
<TR> <TD>Saturday</TD>  <TD>09/30/2000</TD> <TD>Hallie</TD>       </TR>
<TR> <TD>Sunday</TD>    <TD>10/01/2000</TD> <TD>Paul</TD>         </TR>
</TBODY></TABLE>

which gives us this table:

Weekday	Date	Manager
Monday	09/11/2000	Kelsey
Tuesday	09/12/2000	Lindsey
Wednesday	09/13/2000	Randy
Thursday	09/14/2000	Susan
Friday	09/15/2000	Randy
Saturday	09/16/2000	Lindsey
Sunday	09/17/2000	Susan
Monday	09/18/2000	Melody
Tuesday	09/19/2000	Christiane
Wednesday	09/20/2000	Symphony
Thursday	09/21/2000	Starflower
Friday	09/22/2000	Miko
Saturday	09/23/2000	Cleo
Sunday	09/24/2000	Alyx
Monday	09/25/2000	Dancing Star
Tuesday	09/26/2000	Dawn
Wednesday	09/27/2000	Josh
Thursday	09/28/2000	Ryan
Friday	09/29/2000	Mary Kay
Saturday	09/30/2000	Hallie
Sunday	10/01/2000	Paul