Tables and lists and maintenance

Question

I've looked through the CS3 Bible and still can't see any way
to handle a very simple problem. I want a table on my web page
which will contain 3 columns and multiple rows. I simply want to
put a name in each cell. Since the list of name is long I don't
want one column to contain all the names. The names are maintained
outside of DW and in sorted order. It really doesn't matter if the
names are loaded in row order, such as the first three names go
into the first row and the fourth, fifth and sixth names go into
the second row, and so on. Or, the first fifty names go in to the
first column and then the next fifty go into the second column and
the last forty-nine names go into the third column. How do I
re-seed the table when the list of names changes. One name drops
out for instance or a new name is added? It doesn't seem to me to
be amenable to Spry or any form usage. What would be the best way
to accomplish this? I can't find any relevent information regarding
this type of table filling so I'll end up with approximately three
equal columns, although one or two of the columns might be one cell
longer. What have I overlooked?

Answer 1

The names are
> maintained outside of DW and in sorted order.
How is the content stored outside DW? In a database
(preferably) or Excel
spreadsheet or some other method?
I want a table on my web page which will contain 3 columns
and
> multiple rows. I simply want to put a name in each cell.
Since the list
> of
> name is long I don't want one column to contain all the
names. It really
> doesn't matter if the
> names are loaded in row order, such as the first three
names go into the
> first
> row and the fourth, fifth and sixth names go into the
second row, and so
> on.
> Or, the first fifty names go in to the first column and
then the next
> fifty go
> into the second column and the last forty-nine names go
into the third
> column.
> How do I re-seed the table when the list of names
changes. One name drops
> out
> for instance or a new name is added?
One option:
Connect the page to a database and use Tom Muck's Horizontal
Looper Repeat
Region extension to pull the names from the database and
display the names
on the webpage in the format that you want.
http://www.tom-muck.com/extensions/help/HorizontalLooper/
Regards
John Waller