Sorting a table on a page

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Jul 19th, 2012 at 08:42 PM

Robert Chudek
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The following page has three columns on the right side:

http://www.chisagocountyhistory.org/tes … eries.html

I would like to add "Sort" buttons at the top of the columns that when clicked would resort the table.

My initial thought is to create jpg overlays that would be painted into this area, depending on which button was clicked. But I think the hyperlinks in the first column are a problem in that method. My next thought was to create 3 identical pages but with a different sort on each page, then call the appropriate page when clicking a button.

Is there a better way? What method(s) would you suggest to accomplish this?
Jul 19th, 2012 at 09:28 PM

Eric Rohloff
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There's a lot of ways to do this but I think this would be the easiest.:)
http://progrower.coffeecup.com/iframeswitch.html I can't hear what I'm looking at.
It's so easy to overlook something your not looking for.
Here's my S-Drive site with
examples of what can be accomplished in VSD.
http://progrower.coffeecup.com/
Here's my CoffeeCup SCCP Shop with examples of what can be done.
http://progrower.coffeecup.com/shop/
Jul 19th, 2012 at 10:01 PM

Robert Chudek
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Okay, great! I understand how that will work. I did forge ahead with swapping full pages. I will give the "Frames" concept a try next. I have some other pages where I can use this concept as well.

Thank you for the prompt response and the link to your examples!
Jul 19th, 2012 at 11:15 PM

Eric Rohloff
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The iframe gives a lot of flexibility because you can easily edit the single pages.
But here's some more options.:)
I also found this great example of actually using tables, what they were meant for.
http://www.kryogenix.org/code/browser/sorttable/

I also have this javascript example for showing and hiding data.
http://progrower.coffeecup.com/showhide.html I can't hear what I'm looking at.
It's so easy to overlook something your not looking for.
Here's my S-Drive site with
examples of what can be accomplished in VSD.
http://progrower.coffeecup.com/
Here's my CoffeeCup SCCP Shop with examples of what can be done.
http://progrower.coffeecup.com/shop/
Jul 21st, 2012 at 08:07 AM

Prism
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Thanks for that link Eric. I will definitely add that to my box of tricks. You are no slouch either with the code you portray. The Guy from OZ
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Jul 21st, 2012 at 08:33 AM

Jo Ann
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Try googling for some scripts for this too, there are definitely some out there that you can use for sorting columns. Not sure if it works for tables or not, but I know I've found some over the years. Jo Ann

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Jul 26th, 2012 at 06:52 PM

Prism
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You are right Jo I looked at some Javascript that will add, average and do any math on values if set up correctly. Do what Jo has advised you will find a function to do what you want The Guy from OZ
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