DataTables orderData

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HTML

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.4/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.4/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css">
<body>

<table id="example">
<thead><tr class="tableizer-firstrow"><th>SEQ</th><th>First</th><th>Last</th><th>Name</th><th>Position</th><th>Office</th><th>Age</th><th>Start date</th><th>Salary</th></tr></thead><tbody>
 <tr><td>1</td><td>Tiger </td><td>Nixon</td><td>Tiger Nixon</td><td>System Architect</td><td>Edinburgh</td><td>61</td><td>2011/04/25</td><td>320800</td></tr>
 <tr><td>2</td><td>Airi </td><td>Satou</td><td>Airi Satou</td><td>Accountant</td><td>Tokyo</td><td>34</td><td>2008/11/28</td><td>160700</td></tr>
 <tr><td>3</td><td>Airi </td><td>Satou</td><td>Airi Satou</td><td>Azccountant</td><td>Tokyo</td><td>35</td><td>2008/11/28</td><td>161700</td></tr>
 <tr><td>4</td><td>Garrett </td><td>Winters</td><td>Garrett Winters</td><td>Accountant</td><td>Tokyo</td><td>63</td><td>2011/07/25</td><td>170750</td></tr>
 <tr><td>5</td><td>Ashton </td><td>Cox</td><td>Ashton Cox</td><td>Junior Technical Author</td><td>San Francisco</td><td>66</td><td>2009/01/12</td><td>86000</td></tr>
 <tr><td>6</td><td>Cedric </td><td>Kelly</td><td>Cedric Kelly</td><td>Senior Javascript Developer</td><td>Edinburgh</td><td>22</td><td>2012/03/29</td><td>433060</td></tr>
 <tr><td>7</td><td>Airi </td><td>Satou</td><td>Airi Satou</td><td>Accountant</td><td>Tokyo</td><td>33</td><td>2008/11/28</td><td>162700</td></tr>
 <tr><td>8</td><td>Brielle </td><td>Williamson</td><td>Brielle Williamson</td><td>Integration Specialist</td><td>New York</td><td>61</td><td>2012/12/02</td><td>372000</td></tr>
 <tr><td>9</td><td>Herrod </td><td>Chandler</td><td>Herrod Chandler</td><td>Sales Assistant</td><td>San Francisco</td><td>59</td><td>2012/08/06</td><td>137500</td></tr>
 <tr><td>10</td><td>Rhona </td><td>Davidson</td><td>Rhona Davidson</td><td>Integration...

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#example').dataTable( {
  "columnDefs": [
  //MAX 8 = 9 columns
    { "orderData": [ 4,3,8],    "targets": [0] },
    //{ "orderData": 6,           "targets": 8 },
    //{ "orderData": [ 2, 3, 4 ], "targets": 2 }
  ]
} );
} );