Tablesorter is a jquery plugin for turning a standard html table with thead and tbody tags into a sortable table without page refreshes. tablesorter can successfully parse and sort many types of data including linked data in a cell. it has many useful features including:

* multi-column sorting
* parsers for sorting text, uris, integers, currency, floats, ip addresses,
dates (iso, long and short formats), time. add your own easily
* support secondary "hidden" sorting (e.g., maintain alphabetical sort when
sorting on other criteria)
* extensibility via widget system
* cross-browser: ie 6.0+, ff 2+, safari 2.0+, opera 9.0+
* small code size