Hi All, Is anyone know how to make the Perl table have a sort filter like a Microsoft Excel? Maybe need to install any extra library? Below is my perl script show out the standard table in the broswer:

open(INFO, "data.txt"); # Open db for reading
@array=<INFO>;
close (INFO);
@ascend=sort(@array);

print $status_table->header('text/html');    # create the HTTP header
print $status_table->start_html('Status Table');    # start the HTML
print $status_table->h1({-border=>'0',  -align=>'center'},'Welcome to 
+Engineering Equipment List');
print $status_table->start_table({-border=>'5',-align=>'center'});
print $status_table->start_Tr({-align=>'center', -style=>'background-c
+olor: #00BFFF'});
print $status_table->start_td;
print 'No';
print $status_table->start_td;
print 'Equipment ID';
print $status_table->start_td;
print 'Description';
print $status_table->start_td;
print 'Serial Number';
print $status_table->start_td;
print 'Asset Tag';
print $status_table->start_td;
print 'MIDA';
print $status_table->start_td;
print 'Old MIDA Ref';
print $status_table->start_td;
print 'Group';
print $status_table->start_td;
print 'Owner';
print $status_table->start_td;
print 'Location';
print $status_table->start_td;
print 'Location Comment';
print $status_table->start_td;
print 'Comment';
print $status_table->start_td;
print 'Cost Center';
print $status_table->start_td;
print 'Tagging Date';
print $status_table->end_td;
print $status_table->end_Tr;

foreach my $line (@ascend)
{
    my($Equipment_ID,$Description,$Serial_Number,$Asset_Tag,$MIDA,$Old
+_MIDA_Ref,$Group,$Owner,$Location,$Location_Comment,$Comment,$Cost_Ce
+nter,$Tagging_Date)=split(/\|/,$line);
    print $status_table->start_form(-name=>'Detail', -target=>'_top', 
+-method=>'post', -action=>'detail.pl');
    print $status_table->start_Tr;
    print $status_table->start_td({-align=>'center'});
    print $i++;
    print $status_table->start_td({-align=>'center'});
    print "$Equipment_ID";
    print $status_table->start_td;
    print "$Description";
    print $status_table->start_td({-align=>'center'});
    print "$Serial_Number";
    print $status_table->start_td({-align=>'center'});
    print "$Asset_Tag";
    print $status_table->start_td({-align=>'center'});
    print "$MIDA";
    print $status_table->start_td({-align=>'center'});
    print "$Old_MIDA_Ref";
    print $status_table->start_td({-align=>'center'});
    print "$Group";
    print $status_table->start_td({-align=>'center'});
    print "$Owner";
    print $status_table->start_td;
    print "$Location";
    print $status_table->start_td;
    print "$Location_Comment";
    print $status_table->start_td;
    print "$Comment";
    print $status_table->start_td({-align=>'center'});
    print "$Cost_Center";
    print $status_table->start_td({-align=>'center'});
    print "$Tagging_Date";
    print $status_table->end_td;
    print $status_table->end_Tr;   
    print $status_table->end_form;
}
print $status_table->end_table;    #end the table
print $status_table->end_html;    # end the HTML
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Thanks

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