Ascending or Descending?
With that method, you can only do it one way
(we chose Ascending). However, you can make it both. Below, I've created a
form with two radio buttons (Ascending and Descending), you chose one of those
and click on the column heading.
<form
runat="server">
<asp:DataGrid id="dg" runat="server"
Bordercolor="black"
gridlines="vertical"
font-names="Arial"
font-size="10pt"
HeaderStyle-BackColor="#FFCC00"
ItemStyle-BackColor="#FFCC66"
AlternatingItemStyle-BackColor="#FFFFFF"
AutoGenerateColumns="True"
OnEditCommand="dg_edit"
OnCancelCommand="dg_cancel"
OnUpdateCommand="dg_update"
OnSortCommand="dg_sort"
AllowSorting="True"
>
</asp:dataGrid>
<p>
<asp:radiobuttonlist runat="server" id="sortby" repeatdirection="horizontal"
textalign="right" >
<asp:listitem selected="true">Ascending</asp:listitem>
<asp:listitem>Descending</asp:listitem>
</asp:radiobuttonlist>
</form> |
This is simply the DataGrid with two radio
buttons.
sub
dg_sort(sender as object, e as DataGridSortCommandEventArgs)
Dim sortby = Request.Form("sortby")
Dim dtable as DataTable = ds.Tables("users")
Dim dview as new DataView(dtable)
If sortby = "Ascending" Then
dview.sort = e.SortExpression.ToString & " ASC"
Else If sortby = "Descending" Then
dview.sort = e.SortExpression.ToString & " DESC"
End If
dg.DataSource = dview
dg.databind()
end sub |
All that has changed, is to check which radio
button is selected and to use the appropriate sort string.
You can have a whole form with other properties
relating to how to sort the data and then use something like this.
Below are some screenshots of the sorting at
work.
