[Chimaine]

Or you just make it an array from the start...

		["subsList"] = {
			{
				["toon"] = "AToonName",
				["note"] = "",
				["updatednice"] = "20:38",
				["addednice"] = "20:38",
				["added"] = 1276254517,
				["updated"] = 1276254517,
			},
			{
				["toon"] = "DToonName",
				["note"] = "hmmm",
				["updatednice"] = "20:38",
				["addednice"] = "20:38",
				["added"] = 1276254503,
				["updated"] = 1276254530,
			},
			{
				["toon"] = "AToonName2",
				["note"] = "yo",
				["updatednice"] = "20:39",
				["addednice"] = "20:38",
				["added"] = 1276254528,
				["updated"] = 1276254553,
			},
			{
				["toon"] = "NToonName",
				["note"] = "woah",
				["updated"] = 1276254802,
				["added"] = 1276254517,
				["addednice"] = "20:38",
			},
			{
				["toon"] = "KToonName",
				["note"] = "",
				["updatednice"] = "20:39",
				["addednice"] = "20:38",
				["added"] = 1276254521,
				["updated"] = 1276254574,
			},
		},

Then you just can do

table.sort(sometable.subsList, function(a,b) return a.toon > b.toon end)

Since you don't need the name as a key if you already store it in the subtable anyway. It's just redundant. If you use your keys somewhere in your code, just think hard, there is always another way.