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i want to sort a column on the click of hyperlink of header i m doing it by sql query so how so i write javascript for this so that i can call on onclick of hyperlink and column get sorted

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When you type in google "js sort list on click" first link you have in results gives you this solution.
You can check it for your issue.

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so when you say you have a column, I assume that you are presenting the data in an HTML Table element? I dont see this as a PHP or SQL issue/question.

i think a viable approach is to handle this client side. If you are a familiar with jQuery (a javascript library), there are tons of scripts out there to help you sort data in a table. For example, take a look at this one. I think something like this is what you may be looking for.

http://tablesorter.com/docs/

otherwise if you are going to try to sort the data server side, you would have to have to initiate a postback, send PHP some value that it knows what columun to sort, then requery SQL to generate a new table based on that column sort. I dont think this would be a good approach.

Again, try to handle this client side.

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