# Looking for Script to sort table data (& populate database)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looking-for-script-to-sort-table-data-populate-database/203386>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [October 10, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looking-for-script-to-sort-table-data-populate-database/203386 "2006-10-10T17:52:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![toasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@toasty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/toasty)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looking-for-script-to-sort-table-data-populate-database/203386/1 "2006-10-10T17:52:27Z")

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**Edit - Pointed to a nice javascript for sorting here: [http://www.frequency-decoder.com/2006/09/16/unobtrusive-table-sort-script-revisited](http://www.frequency-decoder.com/2006/09/16/unobtrusive-table-sort-script-revisited)**

I’m wondering if anyone might know of a prebuilt script that I can use to do the following:

There are two things I want to do: (1) Make the data in a table on one of my pages sortable. (2-optional) Update/enter the data in a MySQL database.

Currently I have a page on my site that displays data in a table consisting of five colums that include values of text (including an href), numeric/decimal, and date. Right now, whenever I need to update the table I have to add a new row and populate the colums with their data (via php). All the info is housed **on that webpage**.

This seems like it should be something fairly simple, however I’m having a hellofa time finding a prebaked database/script to impliment at least one of these features. If I had the time I would learn how to code it all myself, but I’m looking at a time frame of a couple days before I need it online.

Does anyone have any ideas of a script that, at the very least, would do the table sorting? Preferably handling the database as well (though optional, like I mentioned). Did I mention “free” would also be a nice feature? 😃 I’ve searched online and found a few that handle the sorting but their coding seems a bit off and usually ends up screwing up the java on the rest of my page.

I’m open to any thoughts or suggestions and I really appreciate even the most miniscule amount of help 🙂