table environment and embedded latex

[navaja]

i have inserted a table by putting latex into an ERT box. it is 
underneath a section heading.

the table starts

\begin{table}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{l|l|l|l|l|l}
...etc
when i mark up the document as a pdf, the table goes onto the next page, 
leaving a blank space. is there any way of avoiding this so that the 
table appears on the same page?