Datatable with two rows per record

Question

Hi,
I have a table I need to render in a jsf datatable.
The problem each record has two rows, just like this:
<tr class="resultsrow1">
<td rowspan="2"><strong>Life & Pensions Administrator</strong></td>
<td>Insurance</td>
<td>Contract</td>
<td>Cork</td>
<td>LPA/2910</td>
</tr>
<tr class="resultsrow1">
<td colspan="4"><u>Job Description:</u> Minimum 3 - 4 years experience required and progression towards qualification beneficial. Dublin 2, 4 and South Co. Dublin. Salary &euro; depends on experience.</td>
</tr>
How can I render this with a JSF datatable, or can I at all. I can't see a way anywhere and I can't seem to set the colspan anywhere?
Thanks in advance,
Keith

Answer 1

Yeah. Sadly, colspan and rowspan are missing from dataTable. Maybe the implications were just too hairy.
I see two possible solutions:
(1) outer, inner tables. Outer table contains your section name ("something something Administrator"?) in lefthand column, inner table in righthand column. Inner table contains two rows: firstHalfOfData, secondHalfOfData. Used fixed widths in CSS styles to make your columns line up across instances of the inner table.
(2) one table, rows composed of alternating firstHalf, secondHalf beans. Leftmost column of firstHalf row contains section name. Leftmost column of secondHalf row is blank.
I'll be interested to know how that turns out. :)
John.