*Created originally on Bitbucket by Anonymous* The column-alignment seems to be linked to the first row. If cells in the first row span columns, then it results in an error: ValueError: not enough columns for field options But if in column-alignment the number of entries matches the number of entries in the first row, then there is no error. A complete sample which gives error: .. table:: Query Results :column-alignment: left right right right right right right ========= ==== ==== ========= ======= ======= ========= Continent Visits Bounce Rate --------- ------------------- ------------------------- \ curr prev %chg curr prev %chg ========= ==== ==== ========= ======= ======= ========= Americas 820 851 -0.036428 .414634 .467685 -0.113433 Europe 605 501 0.207585 .469421 .425150 0.10413 ========= ==== ==== ========= ======= ======= =========