HTML <thead> Tag

The <thead>, <tbody> and <tfoot> tags are not supported by any major browser. They are, however, convenient organizing tags if you want to have separate styles for a table header, body and footer.

For a more sophisticated use, a use that would require some sophisticated programming, you could keep the header and footer on screen while your users scroll through a multi-page table body. You'll need to program the body part in a programming language such as Java, PHP or Python.

HTML has no ability to talk to a database. JavaScript won't help.