Add a vertical line between columns

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I am creating tables for the appendix of my thesis and I have the following problems with a specific table:

My table starts on the next page. What should I change in the case I want my table to split in several pages?
I would like to add a vertical line between the second and third column (since the information presented in column 1 and 2 are the same as the information presented in column 3 and 4).

I show you the code I used and the result of it (please see that I used already newcolumntypes for other tables in the document). The table should start after appendix B.
usepackage{array,ragged2e}
newcolumntype{C}{>{Centeringhspace{0pt}}p{0.1textwidth}}
usepackage[output-decimal-marker={,}]{siunitx}

usepackage{booktabs, makecell, tabularx}
newcolumntype{L}{>{raggedrightarraybackslash}X}

newcolumntype{P}[1]{>{centeringarraybackslash}p{#1}}

section{Suppliers´ production capabilities}
begin{table}[ht]
resizebox{textwidth}{!}{%
begin{tabular}{lllll}
toprule
multicolumn{1}{c}{textbf{Facility Name}} & multicolumn{1}{c}{textbf{Product}} & multicolumn{1}{c}{textbf{Facility Name}} & multicolumn{1}{c}{textbf{Product}} 
midrule
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end{tabular}%
}
caption{Supplier facilities´ production capabilities }
label{tab:my-table}
end{table}

I would be extremely grateful if you can assist me with this problem!

Mico · Accepted Answer

Here's a longtable-based solution. All four columns allow automatic line breaking. The column widths are equal and are calculated so as to take up the maximum available width.

documentclass{article}
usepackage[hmargin=1in]{geometry} % set page parameters suitably
usepackage{longtable,array,ragged2e}
newlengthmylen
setlengthmylen{dimexpr0.25textwidth-1.5tabcolsep-0.25arrayrulewidthrelax}
newcolumntype{Z}{>{RaggedRight}p{mylen}}
begin{document}

section{Suppliers' production capabilities}

setlength{extrarowheight}{2pt}
begin{longtable}{@{} ZZ | ZZ @{}}

%%% headers and footers:

caption{Supplier facilities' production capabilities }
label{tab:my-table}
hline
textbf{Facility Name} & textbf{Product} & 
textbf{Facility Name} & textbf{Product} 
hline
endfirsthead

multicolumn{4}{@{}l}{Table thetable, cont'd}[1ex]
hline
textbf{Facility Name} & textbf{Product} & 
textbf{Facility Name} & textbf{Product} 
hline
endhead

hline
multicolumn{4}{r@{}}{footnotesize cont'd on following page}
endfoot

hline
endlastfoot

%%% Body of table

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end{longtable}
end{document}

Bernard · Answer

Here is how to use xltabular – it's the same syntax as for longtable, except you declare the total width. In particular, in a longtable, you don't use the table environment (it is not a float), the caption is incorporated to the table, in the firsthead section.
    documentclass{article}
    usepackage{array,ragged2e}
newcolumntype{C}{>{Centeringhspace{0pt}}p{0.1textwidth}}
usepackage[output-decimal-marker={,}]{siunitx}
usepackage{lipsum}
usepackage{booktabs, makecell, xltabular}
newcolumntype{L}{>{raggedrightarraybackslash}X}

newcolumntype{P}[1]{>{centeringarraybackslash}p{#1}}

begin{document}

section{Suppliers´ production capabilities}
lipsum[1-3]

begin{xltabular}{textwidth}{*{4}{L}}
caption{Supplier facilities´ production capabilities }
label{tab:my-table} 
toprule
multicolumn{1}{c}{textbf{Facility Name}} & multicolumn{1}{c}{textbf{Product}} & multicolumn{1}{c}{textbf{Facility Name}} & multicolumn{1}{c}{textbf{Product}} 
midrule
endfirsthead
{footnotesize (Continued)}
toprule
multicolumn{1}{c}{textbf{Facility Name}} & multicolumn{1}{c}{textbf{Product}} & multicolumn{1}{c}{textbf{Facility Name}} & multicolumn{1}{c}{textbf{Product}} 
midrule
endhead
midrule
multicolumn{4}{r}{footnotesize (to be continued)}
endfoot
bottomrule
endlastfoot
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end{xltabular}%

end{document}

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