I'm trying to get a gridview to sort and page manually with no success.
The problem is that when a user clicks the column they want to sort, it sorts that page, but doesn't sort the datasource (dataview) behind the gridview. So when they progress to a different page, their sort is lost. Pretty much I'm looking for a sort that will actually sort the datasource behind the gridview. Here is what I have so far:
protected void GridView_OnSort(object sender, GridViewSortEventArgs e)
{
String sortExpression = e.SortExpression;
if (GridViewSortDirection == SortDirection.Ascending)
{
DataView myDataView = new DataView(mybll.GetItemsOrdered());
myDataView.Sort = sortExpression + " DESC";
GridView.DataSource = myDataView;
GridView.DataBind();
}
else
{
DataView myDataView = new DataView(mybll.GetItemsOrdered());
myDataView.Sort = sortExpression + " ASC";
GridView.DataSource = myDataView;
GridView.DataBind();
}
}
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Save your sorting order in a ViewState.
private const string ASCENDING = " ASC";
private const string DESCENDING = " DESC";
public SortDirection GridViewSortDirection
{
get
{
if (ViewState["sortDirection"] == null)
ViewState["sortDirection"] = SortDirection.Ascending;
return (SortDirection) ViewState["sortDirection"];
}
set { ViewState["sortDirection"] = value; }
}
protected void GridView_Sorting(object sender, GridViewSortEventArgs e)
{
string sortExpression = e.SortExpression;
if (GridViewSortDirection == SortDirection.Ascending)
{
GridViewSortDirection = SortDirection.Descending;
SortGridView(sortExpression, DESCENDING);
}
else
{
GridViewSortDirection = SortDirection.Ascending;
SortGridView(sortExpression, ASCENDING);
}
}
private void SortGridView(string sortExpression,string direction)
{
// You can cache the DataTable for improving performance
DataTable dt = GetData().Tables[0];
DataView dv = new DataView(dt);
dv.Sort = sortExpression + direction;
GridView1.DataSource = dv;
GridView1.DataBind();
}
Why you don't want to use existing sorting functionality? You can always customize it.
Sorting Data in a GridView Web Server Control at MSDN
Here is an example with customization: