Hey all! Sorry if this is in the wrong forum. Due to the nature of the problem I have no idea what language it will involve.

I'm working on a website for a composer, and one of the pages has a list of works by this composer. I want the list to be able to be reordered by the user (ascending/descending).

I also want the items in the list to be able to be filtered. So for example, there might be a dozen items in the list that fit a certain description or fall into a category. I'd like to have these items able to be isolated by clicking a button, probably in some kind of dropdown menu.

Currently I have this list set up simply as an unordered list. I'm after some advice on the best way to achieve what I want, whether it be a script of some sort or using tables instead or something else that has yet to cross my mind.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Serverside code and database queries, the "sort" or "filter" simply requests the data with different criteria.

Thanks very much, can you point me towards some material or a tutorial on this?

Simplest and usually available is MySQL for the database - check with your hosting company. If you've got access, either they or you, depending on their setup, need to create a database and then create the table or tables that will hold the information. You then write a script that accepts arguments to determine filters and then queries the database and outputs results.

MySQL primer: http://www.webdevelopersnotes.com/tu..._tutorial.php3

Easy programming language: php www.php.net