Custom columns in task list

Hello,
I'd like to ask your help with a problem concerning the task list page.
For each task I have some additional data stored in a remote database, I use the "task number" for the join. What I'd like to do is:
- show these extra values in the task list in new, custom columns
- give the user the ability to filter and sort by the new columns
Could you give me some ideas to get me started? Should I dig deep into the "TaskList" servlet and somehow extend the column set and add the values to the tasks using JDBC? Is this goal achievable at all??
Any help will be much appreciated,
Denes Toth

Hello again bnainani,
I tried to define a flex field mapping and display it in the task list. Creating the mapping went fine, but I couldn't select the new column ("label") when creating a custom view to display the flex field data.
The Developer's Guide sais "A mapped payload attribute can also be displayed as a column in a custom view, and used as a filter condition in both custom views and workflow rules.". But how van I achieve this? The flex field label is not displayed in the available columns dropdown when selecting the columns of the view.
What am I missing?
Once again, thanks for any help in advance...

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