HTML - Sorting By A Series

Hey guys,

Okay so i have a question over a table that I am generating with data from a database.

The way i have my table set up is like this:
Recipe Name-----Prep Time-----Total Time-----Rating
=========================================
some data here 12 mins 20 mins 4.5
some data here 12 mins 20 mins 4.5
some data here 12 mins 20 mins 4.5
some data here 12 mins 20 mins 4.5

So what i want to know is if I could make the Column Header (RECIPE NAME)
into a link that way the user can click it and it would sort the recipe names
in ascending order.

When i open the page i am already displaying all the data form the database in this table. but i want to allow the user to be able to sort the recipe names.
So i would have to i guess (REFRESH) the page automatically??

I already have teh code to sort my data, what I need to know is how exactly to go about making the column header into a link to SORT and then refresh the page

Here is my code I currently have used to create the TABLE and populate it using a while loop to send the data from the DB into the table:
<table border="2" width ="500">
<tr>
<th>Recipe Name</th>
<th>Prep Time</th>
<th>Total Time</th>
<th>Rating</th>
</tr>

<!--While statement used to pass data from DB into tables -->

<? while( $row = mysql_fetch_array( $result ) ) { ?>

<tr>
<td><a href="ShowRecipe.php?id=<?=$row['id'] ?>"><?=$row['name'] ?></a></td>
<td><?=$row['preptime']?> mins</td>
<td><?=$row['totaltime']?> mins</td>
<td><?=$row['rating']?></td>
</tr>
<? } ?>

</table>

i'm building some small website and have stuck with sorting text in my website: what i want to get is sorting function so i can sort may contest wit button 1st - a to z 2nd by date. can somewhan explin me have to do that.

website luck like that :

<h1> title </h1>

here i want to put button 1
here i want to put button 2

<h2> title1</h2>
<p> date1</p>
<p>text1</p>
<hr/>

<h2> title2</h2>
<p> date2</p>
<p>text2</p>
<hr/>

<h2> title3</h2>
<p> date3</p>
<p>text3</p>
<hr/>

i really stuck with this - if needed i can put all in tables. like:

<table>
<tr>
<td>
<h2> title1</h2>
<p> date1</p>
<p>text1</p>
<hr/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

please help me.

Hi.
I have a really strange script, and its completely messed up

My problem is that there is writing i dont need, but there are 138 different sections of this writing. Each one slightly different.

I wanted to know if there was any way to get rid of all of the stuff i don't want, without having to repeat it 138 times.

Thanks for reading.

I know the JS works, but for some reason, this piece of html causes it to sort wrong. I rewrote this coding several times, but still same error. I need these movies added to my database, but I'm not sure what to do. I've stripped it down to make it more convenient:

http://tivaelydoc.110mb.com/horror.html

Could someone tell me what's involved or suggest a way that I could have a table full of info made up of store names, state/province, address, phone numbers etc. that could instantly be sorted by one of these categories.