I do not wish to seem ungrateful, I appreciate someone taking the time to answer.
Thank you Craig but�
I do not think the answer provided can be used in this case. The reason is that the tables (2 of them) have 10 columns and ,in worse case, 6000 rows (on average just around 1000) This would mean possibly storing 120,000 JTables. Even if the clients machine could handle this I don�t think it would be the best approach. I should have given more details when I first posted. My apologies.
I am implementing the code found on Sun�s web-site:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/table.html It seems to work great after modifying it to take the data from a database based on user selection in the applet. I just can�t seem to get it to appear in the beginning. If I build all my components from the start and populate the table with a hard coded selection so that when the entire container is started it knows to place a table at a certain location then everything works great. I can sort and re-sort.
If I draw everything from the beginning except the table and wait on the user to put in the parameters for the table then�.not so good It seems to remove the component that I put in as a place holder for the table (a JscrollPane) but the table never appears.
Again, Thank you Craig for your input but if you, are someone else, could re-examine the issue with this new information I would appreciate it.
If I draw everything from the beginning except the table and wait on the user to put in the parameters for the table then�.not so good