Table sorting with multiple <tr> per row of data

Table sorting with multiple <tr> per row of data

I'm evaluating jQuery to see if I can make it do the following.  

I want to sort rows in a table.  But I have two <tr> tags per row of data.  I've id'd the '1st' <tr> and the '2nd' <tr> for each row of data.  Then I'd like the sort to occur only on the '1st' <tr>.  Then each corresponding '2nd' <tr> must be displayed after its '1st' <tr>.  The sort would be limited to columns defined in the '1st' <tr>.  Have I made this too complicated?  I did it this way following a tutorial ( http://www.beginnersguidetohtml.com/guides/html/tables/complex-tables) for displaying data.  Maybe I need to rethink my table display.  

TIA.

Tom