If it is not a date format issue then you might want to put the XML list
into a collection array and sort that. If you want to keep the xml (as I
often do), use setChildren to assign the sorted XML list back to the root
xml.
If you do not need to keep the xml (as I sometimes do not) Put the data into
an ArrayCollection of strongly typed value objects. This has other benefits
as well.
Below is a function I use to sort XML child nodes.
/** Sorts an xml node's children on a single attribute
* Returns a copy of the xml node with the children in the sorted order
*/
public static function sortChildren(xml:XML,
sAttrName:String,
bCaseInsensitive:Boolean=true,
bDescending:Boolean=true):XML
{
var xmlReturn:XML;
if (xml != null) {
xmlReturn = xml.copy();//copy to get the root node. We will
replace the children
xml = xml.copy(); //copy so we can append the
children to the return xml directly
var xlcChildren:XMLListCollection = new
XMLListCollection(xml.children());
var xlChildren:XMLList;
var xlcSorted:XMLListCollection = new XMLListCollection();
var sort:Sort = new Sort();// Create the Sort instance.
sort.fields = [new
SortField(sAttrName,bCaseInsensitive,bDescending)]; // Both fields are
case-insensitive.
xlcChildren.sort = sort; // Assign the Sort object to the
collection.
xlcChildren.refresh();// Apply the sort to the
collection.
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Behalf Of Wesley Acheson
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:04 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Help trying to sort data provider for DataGrid
I've not experienced it yet my self but the problem is probably the dates.
Flex does string comparison on the dates not object comparison. (even if
they were dates which they're probably strings by the time they get into
your application. I haven't verified the accuracy of said post but at a
glance http://blog.
<http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/08/12/sorting-date-columns-in-a-datagrid/
> flexexamples.com/2007/08/12/sorting-date-columns-in-a-datagrid/ looks like
it has what you need.
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 9:30 PM, lanekelly5 mailto:lkel...@gmail.com> com> wrote:
I'm trying to load a few elements of an RSS feed into a DataGrid, and I'm
having trouble with the code to pre-sort the data before the grid gets it.
Here's a snippet of the code:
private function requestRSS(e:FlexEvent):void
{
initVars();
showBusyCursor();
rssService.url = rssUrl;
rssService.resultFormat = "e4x";
rssService.useProxy = false;
rssService.addEventListener(ResultEvent.RESULT, resultHandler);
rssService.addEventListener(FaultEvent.FAULT,
faultHandler);
rssService.send();
}
private function resultHandler(e:ResultEvent):void
{
listHeadlines.dataProvider =
e.target.lastResult.channel.item;
}
In the mxml:
At this point my data in e.target.lastResult.channel.item is not always
sorted properly. I'd like to sort it by pubDate descending before filling
out the DataGrid. Any guidance on this?
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