can you have multiple columns have a rowspan in the same table

Question

i want a table with three column and i want the first and third column to both have rowspan="3" but the second column i want data on "each" row. is this possible?

Answer 1

Yes.

<table>
<tr><td rowspan="3">1</td><td>2</td><td rowspan="3">3</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td></tr>
</table>