Sorting Issue with TemplateColumn

[John John]

Hi
           I am running into an issue while sorting a template column.I assigned all of the properties which is relate to sosrting in Grid.  I managed to declare the template column as below

 

 

<telerik:GridTemplateColumn HeaderStyle-HorizontalAlign="Left" ItemStyle-HorizontalAlign="Left" HeaderStyle-Width="18%"
HeaderText="Address1" SortExpression="Address1" DataField="Address1" UniqueName="Address1" GroupByExpression="Address1 Group By Address1" AllowFiltering="false">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblAddress1" runat="server"></asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
</telerik:GridTemplateColumn>

I also used to retrieve the data from DB and bind the same with the label control in the ItemDataBound event of the grid. The sample coding snippet i mentioned below..

 

           if (e.Item.OwnerTableView.Name == "Sales")
            {

                if ((e.Item.ItemType == GridItemType.AlternatingItem) || (e.Item.ItemType == GridItemType.Item))
                {
                    DataSet dsFirms = (DataSet)Session["Sales"];
                    DataRowCollection drLocal = dsFirms.Tables[0].Rows;
                    System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label lblAddress1 = (System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label)e.Item.FindControl("lblAddress1");  // Address1
                    if (iCount <= drLocal.Count)
                    {
                        lblAddress1.Text = drLocal[iCount]["Address1"].ToString();
                    }
                    iCount++;
                }
            }

So since my project is subjected  to bind as above mentioned scenario,please guide me to soleve the problem

--Thanks In Advance

[Princy]

Hi John,

From your code I undersatnd that you use the iCount variable to index through the datarow collection and set the text. On sorting the iCount variable  will be reset  to zero. So if you sort in the descending order the last item wil still have the data row  index  as zero,hence the column values appear the same and not sorted. You can check for the sort direction and set the iCount variable to the page size and decrement the iCount variable.


Hope this helps.

Thanks,
Princy

[John John]

HI...
     Thanks for your reply. Otherthan binding the fields as mentioned above, is there any other way to bind the field dynamically to meet my scenario.


-Thanks

[Tsvetoslav]

Hello John,

Just change your label declaration as follows:

<asp:Label ID="lblAddress1" runat="server"></asp:Label>

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Tsvetoslav
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