Question

I got a class let’s call it Blah. I use ObjectDataSource to get the data from the database and the value is bind it to Blah’s property for example, Column Foo is Blah.Foo in my class. I can bind ObjectDataSource with a list of Blah to a gridview but i can’t make it sortable since the datasource is not datatable. Does anyone have link or tutorial on how to make object to be sortable for control like gridview.

thank

Jack

Answer 1

First you could use the AllowSorting property of the gridview with SortExpression on your fields. Here is a tutorial

Second, you could made a generic list of Blah and then call .Sort()

List<Blah> test = new List<Blah>; test.AddRange(ObjectDataSource); test.Sort(); 

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Third you could sort the gridview directly from an expression like

CustomersGridView.Sort(expression, direction); 

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