Adam, You are correct, default datagrid sorting does not work properly with my solution. I will either have to provide custom sorting or find another solution.
I had thought that what I'm trying to accomplish here is not that unusual in tabular data displays and have been somewhat surprised that I haven't yet come across anyone else who has attempted and accomplished this in Flex. Perhaps another option is to restructuring the underlying data itself. I will look into this and update this thread with any new solutions/suggestions. Thanks, Michael --- In [email protected], "Adam Royle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > Haven't tried your code, but wondering if sorting the datagrid by clicking the headers gives you inaccurate results? > > Or are you resetting the dataProvider on every sort? > > Cheers, > Adam > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michael Levine > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 9:44 AM > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: How do you suppress repeating values in DataGrid columns? > > > Thank you, everyone! I ended up solving the problem with the following code: > > /* > XML from HTTPService looks like this: > > <books> > <book author="" title="" /> > ... > </books> > > XMLListCollection is set as dataProvider for the DataGrid. > > */ > > var books:XMLListCollection = new XMLListCollection(XMLList(event.result..books)); > > // Suppress repeating Author values > var lastAuthor:String = ""; > var i:int = 0; > for each (var book:XML in books) { > if ([EMAIL PROTECTED] == lastAuthor) { > [EMAIL PROTECTED] = ""; > } > lastAuthor = [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > i++; > } > > Michael > > --- In [email protected], "michael_p_levine" michaelplevine@ wrote: > > > > Given data that looks like this: > > > > Record #1: Author=John Doe, Title=Advanced Cat Juggling > > Record #2: Author=John Doe, Title=Surviving Cat Scratch Fever > > Record #3: Author=Bill Smith, Title=The Alligator Whisperer > > Record #4: Author=Bill Smith, Title=Living With One Ear > > > > How do I suppress the repeating Author name values in Rows #2 and #4 of > > a DataGrid so it looks like this? > > > > Author Title > > ---- -- ----- > > John Doe Advanced Cat Juggling > > Surviving Cat Scratch Fever > > Bill Smith The Alligator Whisperer > > Living With One Ear > > > > I've checked the group archives and haven't found a real answer to this > > question. Has anyone else encountered and solved this? > > > > Thank you, > > Michael > > >
