Many thanks!The manuals should be corrected. For LyX 1.4.x (http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LyX/LyXDevelDocumentation/EmbeddedObjects.pdf), the manual states on page 25 that the \bottomrule command needs a separate, empty row.
The manual for Lyx 1.5.x says nothing on this. I'll add something about this to the Wiki. -- Christian