[Tex/LaTex] Keeping two rows on one page using longtable

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I am creating a longtable which spreads over multiple pages. The problem is that the coefficients and standard errors which are in two consequential rows sometimes get separated. How to I hold those two rows together (i.e. on one page)?

So for example image that you want the AAAAA and CC row to be always to be packed together (AAAA always followed by CC). Now the last row in this table (on the first page) is AAAA but I want it to be together with the first row on the next page. One solution would be to put a pagebreak before the last AAAA (on the first page) but I need a general solution because I am producing lots of tables like this (automatically).

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[referable]{threeparttablex}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{booktabs}

\begin{document}

\begin{ThreePartTable}
\def\sym#1{\ifmmode^{#1}\else\(^{#1}\)\fi}
\begin{TableNotes}[flushleft]
\item[a] \label{tn:a} \footnotesize test test test test test test test test
\item[b] \label{tn:b} test2
\item Test
\source Made up by daleif
\end{TableNotes}
\begin{longtable}{@{\extracolsep{4pt}}l*{2}{c}@{}}
\caption{A long table that goes on and on and ....}\\
\toprule
Column 1 & Column 2 & Column 3 \\
\midrule
\endfirsthead
\multicolumn{3}{l}{\emph{... table \thetable{} continued}} \\
\toprule
Column 1 & Column 2 & Column 3 \\
\midrule
\endhead
\midrule
\multicolumn{3}{r}{\emph{Continued on next page...}}\\
\endfoot
\bottomrule
\insertTableNotes\\
\endlastfoot
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\          
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\        
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD  \\
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\         
  CC   &          & DD  \\
AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
AAAA\tnotex{tn:a} & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\
  CC   &          & DD\tnotex{tn:b}   \\
\end{longtable}
\end{ThreePartTable}

\end{document}

Best Answer

You can prohibit a page break between two rows by ending the first with

\\*

Thus

AAAA & XXXXXXXX & BBBB \\*
  CC   &          & DD  \\

should be what you're looking for.

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This answer is posted in response to some questions the OP posted to earlier comments. The main point of this posting is to demonstrate that it's possible to create the exact same layout of a "short" table, i.e., one that fits on a single page, using either the longtable environment or the table/tabular environments.

As you compare the differences in code, you'll notice that the each type has some advantages and some disadvantages in terms of "overhead" that's needed to get it going. For instance, a longtable requires you to be diligent about providing formats for the table's headers and footers for both the first (last) page and for the remaining pages. Of course, you only need to provide this information once for a tabular environment. However, for a tabular environment you need to remember to provide the \centering instruction in case you want the material centered, and you need to remember to provide a [h] placement specifier if you want to override LaTeX's float placement algorithm. In contrast, a longtable environment will always try to start "right here", i.e., a [h] specifier is built in.

In the end, I don't think differences in table-creating overhead should determine whether you use one form or the other. Rather, assuming the table fits on a single page, you should decide whether the material of the table should be allowed to be broken across pages or not. If it's supposed to be kept together, you should not use a longtable environment in any case.

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,oneside]{report}
\usepackage[a4paper,margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{longtable,booktabs}
\setlength\belowcaptionskip{1\baselineskip} % or whatever is required
\begin{document}
\begin{longtable}{l r l r r}
\caption{Description of Counties in North Coast Region} \label{tab:description1}\\
\toprule
\textsc{County}&\textsc{Founded}&\textsc{Seat}&\textsc{Area (sqm)}&\textsc{Pop 2010}\\
\midrule
\endfirsthead
\multicolumn{3}{l}{(continued)}\\
\toprule
\textsc{County}&\textsc{Founded}&\textsc{Seat}&\textsc{Area (sqm)}&\textsc{Pop 2010}\\
\midrule
\endhead
\bottomrule
\endlastfoot

Del Norte&1857&Crescent City&1,008&7,643\\ 
Humboldt&1853&Eureka&3,573&27,191\\ 
Lake&1861&Lakeport&1,258&4,753\\
Mendocino&1850&Ukiah&3,509&16,075\\
Trinity&1850&Weaverville&3,179&3,600\\  
\end{longtable}

\begin{table}[h]
\caption{Description of Counties in North Coast Region} \label{tab:description2}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{l r l r r}
\toprule
\textsc{County}&\textsc{Founded}&\textsc{Seat}&\textsc{Area (sqm)}&\textsc{Pop 2010}\\
\midrule
Del Norte&1857&Crescent City&1,008&7,643\\ 
Humboldt&1853&Eureka&3,573&27,191\\ 
Lake&1861&Lakeport&1,258&4,753\\
Mendocino&1850&Ukiah&3,509&16,075\\
Trinity&1850&Weaverville&3,179&3,600\\  
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

%% second table

\begin{longtable}{l l l}
\caption{Coverage for the North Coast Region}
\label{tab:coverage1}\\
\toprule
\textsc{County Name}&\textsc{City}&\textsc{Online Newspaper}\\
\midrule
\endfirsthead
\multicolumn{3}{l}{(continued)}\\
\toprule
\textsc{County Name}&\textsc{City}&\textsc{Online Newspaper}\\
\toprule
\endhead
\bottomrule
\endlastfoot

Del Norte&Crescent City&Daily Triplicate\\ 
Humboldt&Eureka&Eureka Times-Standard\\ 
Lake&Lakeport&Lake County News\\
Mendocino&Ukiah&Ukiah Daily Journal\\
&Willits&Willits News\\ 
Trinity&Weaverville&Trinity Journal\\
\end{longtable}

\begin{table}[h]
\caption{Coverage for the North Coast Region}
\label{tab:coverage2}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{ l l l }
\toprule
\textsc{County Name}&\textsc{City}&\textsc{Online Newspaper}\\
\midrule
Del Norte&Crescent City&Daily Triplicate\\ 
Humboldt&Eureka&Eureka Times-Standard\\ 
Lake&Lakeport&Lake County News\\
Mendocino&Ukiah&Ukiah Daily Journal\\
&Willits&Willits News\\ 
Trinity&Weaverville&Trinity Journal\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Longtable and page break

I don't think that's possible with longtable, or any other tabular environment for that matter, because the material inside the tabular cells are TeX boxes, which by definition cannot be broken.

I suggest you use parcolumns instead, which has been designed to typeset several columns next to each other for multilingual texts. Here's an example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum} % Used to produce long text
\usepackage{parcolumns}

\parindent=0pt

\begin{document}
\begin{parcolumns}[colwidths={2=0.74\textwidth},rulebetween,sloppy]{2}
    \colchunk[1]{\textbf{ID}}
    \colchunk[2]{\texttt{UC\_01\_01}}
    \colplacechunks

    \colchunk[1]{\textbf{Name}}
    \colchunk[2]{Password recovery}
    \colplacechunks

    \colchunk[1]{\textbf{\textit{Macro}-UC}}
    \colchunk[2]{Registration (\texttt{UC\_01})}
    \colplacechunks

    \colchunk[1]{\textbf{Actors}}
    \colchunk[2]{\texttt{ACTOR\_02}}
    \colplacechunks

    \colchunk[1]{\textbf{Preconditions}}
    \colchunk[2]{\lipsum[2-4]}
    \colplacechunks

    \colchunk[1]{\textbf{Main flow}}
    \colchunk[2]{Some itemize list here!}
    \colplacechunks

    \colchunk[1]{\textbf{Postconditions}}
    \colchunk[2]{\lipsum[5-9]}
    \colplacechunks
\end{parcolumns}
\end{document}

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