First Name	Last Name	Age	Total	Discount	Date
Peter	Parker	28	$9.99	20%	Jul 6, 2006 8:14 AM
John	Hood	33	$19.99	25%	Dec 10, 2002 5:14 AM
Clark	Kent	18	$15.89	44%	Jan 12, 2003 11:14 AM
Bruce	Almighty	45	$153.19	44%	Jan 18, 2001 9:12 AM
Bruce	Evans	22	$13.19	11%	Jan 18, 2007 9:12 AM

Append new table data

	$(document).ready(function() {
	$("table").tablesorter();
	$("#ajax-append").click(function() {
		 $.get("assets/ajax-content.html", function(html) {
		 	// append the "ajax'd" data to the table body
		 	$("table tbody").append(html);
			// let the plugin know that we made a update
			$("table").trigger("update");
			// set sorting column and direction, this will sort on the first and third column
			var sorting = [[2,1],[0,0]];
			// sort on the first column
			$("table").trigger("sorton",[sorting]);
		});
		return false;
	});
}); 		
	

<table cellspacing="1" class="tablesorter">			
	<thead>>
		<tr>
			<th>first name</th>
			<th>last name</th>
			<th>age</th>
			<th>total</th>
			<th>discount</th>
			<th>date</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>peter</td>
			<td>parker</td>
			<td>28</td>
			<td>$9.99</td>
			<td>20%</td>
			<td>jul 6, 2006 8:14 am</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>john</td>
			<td>hood</td>
			<td>33</td>
			<td>$19.99</td>
			<td>25%</td>
			<td>dec 10, 2002 5:14 am</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>clark</td>
			<td>kent</td>
			<td>18</td>
			<td>$15.89</td>
			<td>44%</td>
			<td>jan 12, 2003 11:14 am</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>bruce</td>
			<td>almighty</td>
			<td>45</td>
			<td>$153.19</td>
			<td>44%</td>
			<td>jan 18, 2001 9:12 am</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>bruce</td>
			<td>evans</td>
			<td>22</td>
			<td>$13.19</td>
			<td>11%</td>
			<td>jan 18, 2007 9:12 am</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table><a href="#" id="ajax-append">append new table data</a><br><br>