Inserted rows are not sorted in ascending order

Question

Hi,
in my code when i click on a button (UpdateSchedule) certain rows are displayed in the result table. My problem is the displayed data is not in ascending order I know by keeping sort enable on a particular field we can sort the data as req. But the first time the result which is displayed is not an ascending order , i want to tackle this issue.
As whatever rows are displayed are not yet committed in database so modifying the query using order by clause also wont solve the issue . This data gets committed on a click of another button(ok).Can this be tackle programmatically ?
I hope i have given proper elaboration of the issue.
Regards,
Anant.

Answer 1

Reading this from Javadoc and understanding your requirement makes me feel that achieving it would not be easy, or may not be possible at all unless FWK provides some override to these rules.
Restrictions & limitations:
Sorting is performed by requerying the database.
May not work well with view objects (VOs) that contain custom 'expert-mode' SQL. Basically the VO.setOrderByClause() is invoked on the VO using the column name associated with this web bean. An alternative for 'expert-mode' SQL may involve overriding the view object setOrderByClause() and performing custom logic. Note: The orderByParameter will be the column name plus either " desc" or " asc".
Will not work with view objects that contain the view attribute expression "See the SQL...". To sort on these view attributes, modify the VO XML directly and change the view atttribute expression to the SQL column name.
Sorting is not allowed for tables that allow inserts.
Sorting is not supported for tables containing updateable columns (unless the updateable columns are mapped to transient VO columns.) No exception is thrown if the table contains updateable columns, since there may be a rare case when it makes sense, for example a table where the contents fit on one page.
Modified transient columns will be reset. This is normal and expected behavior.
Sorting is not supported on the 'Select' column - this is the first column of a table when it contains a checkbox or radio button.
The table bean will invoke the following two methods on the view object to perform sorting. Debugging can be performed by setting a break on these methods on the VO (or a superclass of the VO.)
viewObject.setOrderByClause(orderByClause);
viewObject.executeQuery();
Thanks
Tapash