Nah...that would not be efficient. Better to do it on the server by sending
the data into a TreeMap (implements SortedMap) and make it available to all
clients through a serialized download.
Cheers!
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Peyvandi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 11:39 PM
> Another option would be an applet in the response to take care of sorting
at
> the client side. This way you can omit some extra calls to the server for
> sorting purpose.
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Baynes
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 2:43 PM
>
> Ravi-
>
> You could make the database call, save the results into a temporary
> structure, put it where you can access it on the next call. You can do
this
> by either saving it to the Session, or by serializing it to a file and
> accessing it by some key that you save to the Session.
>
> You could use Arrays, Vectors, Lists, or a custom built object.
>
> I suggest you use Lists and Comparators for storage and sorting.
>
> Kevin Baynes
> Seagull Software
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ravi Shankar Jagarapu
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 12:39 PM
> >
> > I am retrieving data from the database with several
> > fields, like for example first name, last name,
> > join date, salary.
> >
> > This data is displayed by the servlet.
> > Now my requirement, is that, if anyone clicks on first
> > name, the data should now be displayed sorted on that
> > field and if on salary then sorted on salary.
> >
> > I don't want to connect to the database each time and
> > retrieve the same information just to sort the data
> > which is already available to me.
> >
> > Can anyone suggest a better method? Would be great if
> > you could give an example code.
> >
> > Many Thanks,
> > Ravi.
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