[niyax]

i have this table with 2 columns

1st column::has a image of a book and a price
2nd columns::has the title of book, some detail abt the book nd the authors name

here is wat i m trying to do.. i want to be able to sort the table according to the price, title nd authors name.

I hav found many scripts for sorting table but cant get any of them to work with my table mainly because the way the details are distributed in my table.. but its really not possible for me to insert any new columns..nd desparately need a way to sort the table..some help please .

here is how my table is:

Code:

<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id=dataTable>
	<tr> 
 		<td width="14%" height="149" align="center" valign="middle"> 
		  <img src="biogra/TisHerself.gif" height="90" width="68">
		  <br>Our Price: <font color="#FF0000">$17.50</font>
		</td>		                        
        <td width="86%" valign="middle"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 
          <strong>Title:<a href="#">'Tis Herself</a></strong>
		  <br>An exquisite Irish beauty whose film career has spanned<br>
          <em>Author:<font color="#FF0000">Maureen O'Hara</font></em></font> 
        </td>
	</tr>
	<tr> 
		<td width="14%" height="149" align="center" valign="middle"> 
          <img src="biogra/DebraGinsberg.gif" height="90" width="68">
		  <br>Our Price: <font color="#FF0000">$16.76</font></p>
		</td>		                        
        <td width="86%" valign="middle"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 
           <strong>Title:<a href="#">About My Sisters</a></strong>
		   <br>Chronicling a year in the life of her close-knit clan
		   <br><em>Author:<font color="#FF0000">Debra Ginsberg</font></em></font>
		</td>
	</tr>
</table>

[TwoD]

How is the table generated? Are you using a server-side script or is it just a static HTML page?

If it's pure HTML it will be a bit harder since you'll need a script which reads the data in the table, stores it in arrays or objects, sorts it, and prints it out again on the page.

An alternative is to store the data in arrays from the beginning and then print it out on the page in a default order, then you just select a new order from a dropdown-list or whatever and the arrays are sorted and reprinted. This method will probably be the most flexible and you can change the layout of the site w/o having to rewrite the routine which reads the data from the HTML (since such a routine isn't needed)