DataControlField.SortExpression Property (System.Web.UI.WebControls)

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DataControlField..::.SortExpression Property

Gets or sets a sort expression that is used by a data source control to sort data.

Namespace: System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

<TypeConverterAttribute("System.Web.UI.Design.DataSourceViewSchemaConverter, System.Design, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")> _
Public Overridable Property SortExpression As String

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As DataControlField
Dim value As String

value = instance.SortExpression

instance.SortExpression = value

[TypeConverterAttribute("System.Web.UI.Design.DataSourceViewSchemaConverter, System.Design, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")]
public virtual string SortExpression { get; set; }

Visual C++

[TypeConverterAttribute(L"System.Web.UI.Design.DataSourceViewSchemaConverter, System.Design, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")]
public:
virtual property String^ SortExpression {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}

JScript

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

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
A sort expression that is used by a data source control to sort data. The default value is an empty string ("").

Remarks

The OnFieldChanged method is called to raise a state change event when the SortExpression property is set.

The value of the SortExpression property is stored in view state. Controls such as the GridView control have a built-in sorting feature that automatically sets this property. This property is typically used only when you need to programmatically determine the column or columns being sorted or when you are adding your own custom sorting functionality to, for example, a GridView control.

When multiple columns are sorted, this property contains a comma-separated list of the fields by which to sort.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the SortExpression property to assign a sort expression to a data control field.

Visual Basic

<%@ page language="VB" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html  >
<head runat="server">
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
  <form id="form1" runat="server">

    <asp:sqldatasource
      id="SqlDataSource1"
      runat="server"
      connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:MyNorthwind%>"
      selectcommand="Select * From Employees">
    </asp:sqldatasource>

    <asp:detailsview
      id="DetailsView1"
      runat="server"
      allowpaging="True"
      datasourceid="SqlDataSource1"
      height="208px"
      width="264px"
      autogeneraterows="False">
        <fields>

          <asp:boundfield
            sortexpression="LastName"
            datafield="LastName"
            headertext="LastName">
              <itemstyle backcolor="Yellow">
              </itemstyle>
          </asp:boundfield>

          <asp:boundfield
            sortexpression="FirstName"
            datafield="FirstName"
            headertext="FirstName">
              <itemstyle forecolor="#C00000">
              </itemstyle>
          </asp:boundfield>

          <asp:buttonfield
            text="TestButton"
            buttontype="Button">
          </asp:buttonfield>

        </fields>
    </asp:detailsview>

  </form>
</body>
</html>

<%@ page language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html  >
<head runat="server">
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
  <form id="form1" runat="server">

    <asp:sqldatasource
      id="SqlDataSource1"
      runat="server"
      connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:MyNorthwind%>"
      selectcommand="Select * From Employees">
    </asp:sqldatasource>

    <asp:detailsview
      id="DetailsView1"
      runat="server"
      allowpaging="True"
      datasourceid="SqlDataSource1"
      height="208px"
      width="264px"
      autogeneraterows="False">
        <fields>

          <asp:boundfield
            sortexpression="LastName"
            datafield="LastName"
            headertext="LastName">
              <itemstyle backcolor="Yellow">
              </itemstyle>
          </asp:boundfield>

          <asp:boundfield
            sortexpression="FirstName"
            datafield="FirstName"
            headertext="FirstName">
              <itemstyle forecolor="#C00000">
              </itemstyle>
          </asp:boundfield>

          <asp:buttonfield
            text="TestButton"
            buttontype="Button">
          </asp:buttonfield>

        </fields>
    </asp:detailsview>

  </form>
</body>
</html>

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

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

Reference

DataControlField Class

DataControlField Members

System.Web.UI.WebControls Namespace