Uber tables

It's really interesting: most of the questions I'm being asked about LaTeX nowadays center around tables. Figures are still a topic, but tables remain the big great mysterium. 😄

I've briefly described tables in my old and outdated LaTeX crash-course:

\begin{verbatim}
\begin{table}[t!]
\begin{center}
\caption{Eine sehr einfache Tabelle.}
\begin{tabular}{lcc}\\
\hline
Bit & A & B\\
\hline
on  & 1 & 0\\
off & 0 & 1\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\label{Tab1}
\end{center}
\end{table}
\end{verbatim}

\begin{table}[b!]
\begin{center}
\caption{Eine einfache Tabelle. Man beachte die vielen hübschen Zahlen.}
\begin{tabular}{cccccc}\\
\hline
& \multicolumn{2}{c}{(11$\overline{2}$4) FWHM (deg)}
& \multicolumn{3}{c}{$\alpha$ (deg)} \\
\hline
&   $o \cdot \kappa = 0$    &
       $o \cdot \kappa \neq 0$  &   XRD &   TEM  & GIXD\\
\hline
\#A &   0.072    &0.24   &      0.36    &   ---     &---\\
\#B &   0.047    &0.367  &      0.6     &   ---     &---\\
\#C &   ---     &0.344   &      0.56    &   0.63    &---\\
\#D &   ---      &0.109  &      0.16    &   0.15    &---\\
\#E &   ---      &0.249  &      0.38    &   ---     &0.31\\
\#F &   ---      &0.37   &      0.57        ---     &0.55\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\label{tab:Tab2}
\end{center}
\end{table}

But what did I say about bigger tables?

Well, it's really not that bad. What I found amusing is the name I found in the net for these multidimensional monstrosities: uber-huge tables. Let's see how they work:

\begin{landscape}       %if your table is too wide - use begin{center} otherwise
% (requires \usepackage{pdflscape})
\scriptsize             %if nothing else helps
\begin{longtable}{llllllll} %if your table spans several pages
% (requires \usepackage{longtable})

\caption[Monstertable]{An uber-huge table.}
\label{MT1} \\

%This is the header for the first page of the table...
\hline \hline \\
   \multicolumn{1}{c}{Sample} &
   \multicolumn{1}{c}{Gna} &
   \multicolumn{1}{c}{Gnu} &
   \multicolumn{1}{c}{Gne} &
   \multicolumn{1}{c}{Gno} &
   \multicolumn{1}{c}{Gnä} &
   \multicolumn{1}{c}{Gnö} &
   \multicolumn{1}{c}{Gnü} \\
   \hline
\\
\endfirsthead

%This is the header for the remaining page(s) of the table...
\multicolumn{8}{c}{{\tablename} \thetable{} -- Continued} \\[0.5ex]
\hline \hline \\
   \multicolumn{1}{c}{Sample} &
   \multicolumn{1}{c}{Gna} &
   \multicolumn{1}{c}{Gnu} &
   \multicolumn{1}{c}{Gne} &
   \multicolumn{1}{c}{Gno} &
   \multicolumn{1}{c}{Gnä} &
   \multicolumn{1}{c}{Gnö} &
   \multicolumn{1}{c}{Gnü} \\
   \hline
\\
\endhead

%This is the footer for all pages except the last page of the table...
  \multicolumn{8}{l}{{Continued on next page\ldots}} \\
\endfoot

%This is the footer for the last page of the table...
  \\
  \hline \hline
\endlastfoot

%Now the data...

%Please copy this line a hundred thousand times ...
0 & (1, 11, 13725) & (1, 12, 10980), (1, 13, 8235), (3, 1, 0) & 0 &
(1, 11, 13725) & (1, 12, 10980), (1, 13, 8235), (2, 2, 0), & 0 & (1, 11, 13725)\\

\end{longtable}
\end{landscape}

Now, look at this little beauty:

... and finally, 3546 pages down: