DataView.Sort Property (System.Data)

.NET Framework Class Library

DataView..::.Sort Property

Gets or sets the sort column or columns, and sort order for the DataView.

Namespace: System.Data
Assembly: System.Data (in System.Data.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Property Sort As String

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As DataView
Dim value As String

value = instance.Sort

instance.Sort = value

public string Sort { get; set; }

Visual C++

public:
property String^ Sort {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}

JScript

public function get Sort () : String
public function set Sort (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
A string that contains the column name followed by "ASC" (ascending) or "DESC" (descending). Columns are sorted ascending by default. Multiple columns can be separated by commas.

Remarks

Note:
If you do not explicitly specify sort criteria for DataView, the DataRowView objects in DataView are sorted based on the index of its corresponding DataRow in the DataTable.Rows DataRowCollection.

For more information, see DataViews (ADO.NET).

Examples

The following example instructs the DataView to sort the table by two columns.

Visual Basic

Private Sub SortByTwoColumns()
    ' Get the DefaultViewManager of a DataTable.
    Dim view As DataView = DataTable1.DefaultView

    ' By default, the first column sorted ascending.
    view.Sort = "State, ZipCode DESC"
End Sub

private void SortByTwoColumns()
{
    // Get the DefaultViewManager of a DataTable.
    DataView view = DataTable1.DefaultView;

    // By default, the first column sorted ascending.
    view.Sort = "State, ZipCode DESC";
}

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0

Reference

DataView Class

DataView Members

System.Data Namespace

RowFilter

Expression

Other Resources

DataSets, DataTables, and DataViews (ADO.NET)