Well, I finally got the Sort to work. I built a test page in my project
using a sample I found in MSDN. That worked, so I compared the two and the
only difference was my problem page was using a DataSet stored in a session
variable and the example was using a DataTable. I changed my code around to
use a DataTable instead and, voila! It sorted.
Now my only question is, how do I get the column links to use my default
style for navigation? I set the Class value (in the HeaderStyle property) to
use the style in my Style Sheet but it appears to be ignoring it. I just get
the default browser styles for <a> tags.
Thx,
Michael
"Brock Allen" wrote:
> Well, try it in the standalong page and if you can't get that to work send
> me an email and I can give you a working sample.
>
> -Brock
> DevelopMentor
> http://staff.develop.com/ballen
>
> > I'd considered doing that, but what I do if it does work? What kinds
> > of things would prevent the sort from working? I've never tried using
> > the sort feature on a datagrid before so this is new territory. I've
> > used dataviews before, and implemented sorting, but I've never used
> > the datagrid component before like this. Could there be something in
> > the way the DataSource is defined in the page that affects the
> > sorting?
> >
> > "Brock Allen" wrote:
> >
> >> Hmm, not sure then. Sounds like you're doing all the right things.
> >> I'd suggest making a new project with one page with the one grid and
> >> try to see if you can make it work outside of everything else -- more
> >> of a sanity check. If you can get that working then it's not the code
> >> you have for the grid, it's likley code elsewhere in the page that's
> >> thwarting the sort.
> >>
> >> -Brock
> >> DevelopMentor
> >> http://staff.develop.com/ballen
> >>> Yep, I'm doing that. The OnSortCommand handler retrieves a dataset
> >>> from a session variable (created when the page loaded), creates a
> >>> dataview, then sorts on the SortExpression from the column clicked,
> >>> assigns the DataSource and then rebinds the grid. Only it doesn't
> >>> work. It acts like DataView.Sort doesn't work. I tried setting the
> >>> intial sort expression to a different column when the page loads,
> >>> that doesn't work either.
> >>>
> >>> "Brock Allen" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> If you're using a DataGrid then you have to do the sorting yourself
> >>>> in the Sort event and rebind the DataGrid. It doesn't sort by
> >>>> itself, unfortunately.
> >>>>
> >>>> -Brock
> >>>> DevelopMentor
> >>>> http://staff.develop.com/ballen
> >>>>> My web datagrid isn't sorting at all. I have it wired up to a
> >>>>> handler, and I know the handler is working (being called), but no
> >>>>> sorting. The page just posts back with the same data. I hhave
> >>>>> verified that the SortExpression values are the column names. I
> >>>>> used the VS IDE to create a datasource ( a DataSet), defined a
> >>>>> table and columns, then used the datagrid Propery Builder to tie
> >>>>> eveything together. The table gets populated with data
> >>>>> correctly, I just can't get it to sort.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >>>>>
>
>
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