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Готова версия 0 скрипта Simple Table Sorter. Пример: http://ir2.ru/SimpleTableSorter.zip (13 KB). В нём всего 57 строк:

(function(){
 var a_re = /[cdu]\_\d+\_[cdu]/, a_color = 1

 var hc = function (s, c) {return (" " + s + " ").indexOf(" " + c + " ") !== -1},
 ac = function (e, c) {var s = e.className; if (!hc(s, c)) e.className += " " + c}

 prepTabs = function (t){
  var el, th, cs, c, cell, axis, ts = (t && t.className) ? [t] : document.getElementsByTagName("table")
  for (var e in ts) {
   el = ts[e]
   if (!hc(el.className, "sortable")) continue
   if (!el.tHead) {
    th = document.createElement("thead")
    th.appendChild(el.rows[0])
    el.appendChild(th)
   }
   th = el.tHead
   ac(th, "c_0_c")
   th.title = "Сортировать"
   th.onclick = clicktab
   el.sorted = NaN
  }
 }

 var clicktab = function (e) {
  e = e || window.event
  var obj = e.target || e.srcElement
  while (!obj.tagName.match(/^(th|td)$/i)) obj = obj.parentNode
  var i = obj.cellIndex, t = obj.parentNode
  while (!t.tagName.match(/^table$/i)) t = t.parentNode

  var cn = obj.className, verse = /d\_\d+\_d/.test(cn),
  dir = (verse) ? "u" : "d", new_cls = dir + "_" + a_color + "_" + dir
  if (a_color < 8) a_color++
  if (a_re.test(cn)) obj.className = cn.replace(a_re, new_cls)
  else obj.className = new_cls

  var j = 0, tb = t.tBodies[0], rows = tb.rows, l = rows.length, c, v, vi
  if (i !== t.sorted) {
   t.sarr = []
   for (j; j < l; j++) {
    c = rows[j].cells[i]
    v = (c) ? (c.innerHTML.replace(/\<[^<>]+?\>/g, "")) : ""
    vi = Math.round(100 * parseFloat(v)).toString()
    if (!isNaN(vi)) while (vi.length < 10) vi = "0" + vi
    else vi = v
    t.sarr[j] = [vi, rows[j]]
   }
  }
  t.sarr = (verse) ? t.sarr.reverse() : t.sarr.sort()
  t.sorted = i

  for (j = 0; j < l; j++) tb.appendChild(t.sarr[j][1])
  obj.title = "Отсортировано по " + ((verse) ? "убыванию" : "возрастанию")
 }

 window.onload = prepTabs
})()