TryCF Gist

trycf-gist.cfm

<cfscript>
myjson = '[{"json:order":"6","json:type":"boolean","name":"active","type":"any"},{"json:order":"5","json:type":"number","name":"distributorID","type":"any"},{"json:order":"4","json:type":"string","name":"familyName","type":"any"},{"json:order":"3","json:type":"string","name":"firstName","type":"any","json:column":"strFirstName"},{"json:order":"1","json:type":"number","name":"ID","type":"any"},{"json:order":"2","json:type":"string","name":"title","type":"any","json:serializable":"false"}]';

myarray = deserializejson( myjson );
writeDump(myarray);
myarray.sort(function(e1, e2){
    return e1["json:order"] - e2["json:order"];
});

writedump( myarray );

</cfscript>