<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
/* load table with page load*/
$("#sort tbody").load("inc/index_table.php");

/* row deletion */
$(".deletelink").click(function(){
   var id = $(this).attr("id");
   $.ajax({
        beforeSend: function (request) {
        var answer = confirm("Are you SURE you want to delete this?/nThis action is NOT reversible.")
        if (answer){ return(true); }
        else { return(false); }
        },
        type: "POST",
        url: location.href,
        data: "delete="+id,
        error: function() {
            console.log("Theres an error with AJAX deletion");
        },
        success: function(){ //a.td.tr.remove just that row rather than the whole table
            $this.parent().parent().remove();
            console.log("Deleted.");
        }
   });
});

});
</script>

$("#sort tbody").load("inc/index_table.php");

/* row deletion */
$("#sort tbody").on("click", ".deletelink", function(){
   //...rest of code the same
});

$("#sort tbody").load("inc/index_table.php");

$("#sort tbody").delegate(".deletelink", "click", function(){
   //...rest of code the same
});

$("#sort tbody").load("inc/index_table.php", function(){
    /* row deletion */
    $(".deletelink").click(function(){
        // .. your code as before.
    });
});

$("#sort tbody").load("inc/index_table.php", function() {

      /* row deletion */
    $(".deletelink").click(function(){ ....
     });
   });

$(".deletelink").on('click',function(e){

    e.preventDefault();

$(".deletelink").live('click',function(){
    // ajax call handling code here
});