Cause GridView to be sorted from DropDownList

[DBLWizard]

Howdy All,

I have a GridView control on a page and I want to give the user the
ability to sort using the colums or using a dropdown. Is there an
easy way to tell the grid to sort based on a column? Or do I have to
manually sort the datasource and rebind it to the grid?

Thanks

dbl

 

[Teemu Keiski]

Yes, sorting involves binding the grid with data in the sorted order.

 

[DBLWizard]

Teemu,

My situation is that the grid has sorting turned on and sorting works
fine. But my client also wants to be able to sort from a drop down.
I was hoping that there was some event on the grid that I could call
and pass the column that sorting is wanted on.

What you are saying is that I will have to manually sort the
datasource and then rebind?