thanks all, stupid me think the "sort" method will be automatically called :..)
thanks! Qiang On 12/12/05, Simon Kitching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > NB: My suggestion below is exactly the same as what Patrick was saying, > just in different words. The method that returns the data list needs to > do the sorting... > > Simon Kitching wrote: > > Are you aware that the sortColumn expression should point to a simple > > PROPERTY on the backing bean, not a "sort method"? The property is > > assigned the *name* of the *column* to sort on. > > > > The method pointed to by the "value" attribute is responsible for > > returning its data in the correct sort order; it does this by looking at > > the sort column PROPERTY to determine what to sort on. > > > > This should all be explained in the sorting example. > > > > rahmoune patrick wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I don't know so much about dataTable but I call the sort method > >> explicitely > >> when I return the data list. >
