GridView, ObjectDataSource and SortDirection

[codefragment]

Hi
Theres a SortParameterName property that can be set to pass a sort
expression, what about
a sort direction? I need this info to do my select.
I tried hacking this by wiring into GridView.RowCreated and setting
the sortexpression for
the column with the sort direction but that triggers a FieldUpdate and
goes into a recursive loop.

How do I do this? The class thats set as the TypeName in the
ObjectDataSource could be tweaked
to find the GridView somehow but that seems messy?

Ta

 

[Brock Allen]

When ascending is requested the GridView will pass the SortExpression. When
descending is requested it will append " DESC" to the SortExpression value.