floats and tables

[Rodrigo Esteves de Lima-Lopes]

Hi folks, 

I need to write some tables which are  2 or three pages long. However when
I activate my longtable support my tables' floats are placed by the beging
of the second page, by the pages' break, not at the begining of the table
(on the first page) as they should be. 

I need them to be placed at the begging of the tables, as a norm from the
univerty I write to. 

How can I sort it out?

very thanks 


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rlopes