With DataTables you can alter the sorting characteristics of the table at initialisation time. Using the sorting initialisation parameter, you can get the table exactly how you want to present the information. The sorting parameter is an array of arrays where the first value is the column to sort on, and the second is 'asc' or 'desc' as required (it is a double array for multi-column sorting). The table below is sorted (descending) by the CSS grade. Note also that the 'Engine version' column is automatically detected as a numeric column and sorted accordingly.