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I would like to sort on a column with a round trip but no page reload. The table is very large and has to be paged in, which I am doing manually with an ajax select element. I know TableSort is available to extend the query but I've only seen examples that reload the page.

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First, why would you need AJAX if you already have the table data? And secondly, how does this pertain to Drupal specifically? Seems like you might have better luck on one of the other SE sites. – David Watson Mar 14 '12 at 16:18
I updated the question with a bit more info. – Joe Beuckman Mar 14 '12 at 16:25

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Why not to use Views module to display your data? Views already has AJAX paging, sorting and filtering.

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I would have to integrate my entity with views to do that. Does views create a TableSort-extended output? I don't use Views that much in custom modules. – Joe Beuckman Jul 23 '12 at 21:12
What do you mean "TableSort-extended"? Views provides table sorting and it can be done by AJAX out off the box. – Eugene Fidelin Jul 24 '12 at 8:37
Tablesort is a Drupal query extender - not just "sorted table" in general. api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes!tablesort.inc/class/… – Joe Beuckman Jul 24 '12 at 14:10
For what purpose do you need "Tablesort"? If you want allow users to sort table rows by clicking on their headers - then views can do it for you. If you use Views module - you do not need use Drupal query manually. – Eugene Fidelin Jul 24 '12 at 14:34
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Update: I decided to use views :) – Joe Beuckman Aug 20 '12 at 14:41
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here you go mate:

ajax table sorting

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