Question

The code below I am using to sort data in a datataable.. there are two different method I have tried and non of these methods actually work. Also order is DECS/ASC and colum is the index of the column I.E 10.

Does anyone have an idea to why this may be the case.

        string[] tosort = sortval.Split('-');
        string order = tosort[1];
        int colum = Convert.ToInt32(tosort[0]);
        DataView dv = new DataView();
        DataTable dt = new DataTable();
        dt = extractedData;
        string columnName = dt.Columns[colum].ToString();
        dt.DefaultView.Sort = columnName + " " + order;
      //  dv = dt.AsDataView();
      //  dv.Sort = dv.Table.Columns[colum].ColumnName + " " + order;
     //   dv.Sort = dv.Table.Columns[colum].ColumnName + " " + order;
     //   dt = dv.ToTable();
        extractedData = dt;

Answer 1

Sorting doesn’t alter the order of the data in the DataTable it is applicable to the view, so you should actually bind the DataView like dt.DefaultView or dt.DefaultView.ToTable();