Report Column Sorting problem

I have a report based on a view. For some reason some of the columns are not being sorted correctly. After pressing the column header to sort date columns the underlying data is not sorted properly (its out of order) or its not sorted at all.
Can you please let me know if there is a known bug causing that?

I think I'm having the same problem.
I have a report with data columns, several "not shown" columns, and several column links. I've noticed that any columns in the query after a certain point, will not sort the correct column. If I show all the columns and allow them all to sort, then some of the columns will sort the data in another column. (for example clicking on the header/sort link for column x sorts the table by column y and clicking on the sort link for column z sorts column x, etc).
I've noticed that I can move columns around in my select query and no matter how they are arranged, after the 7th or 8th column in the select statement, none of the columns following that will sort properly. I've tried all kinds of things, changing my select query around, enabling and disabling sorting, adding additional null columns in, setting and unsetting the default sort order, changing the order of the columns in the report. I don't have an order by in my query or anything weird besides some where clauses (most of which are from the default search functionality).
Has anyone found a solution to this problem? We just upgraded from HTML DB 2.2 to APEX 3.0 and the problem remained the same.
Thanks,
Greg

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Classic report column sorting

Hello to APEX forum
My Apex version is 4.2.1,
database version is Oracle 10g XE on Windows 7 Pro
After upgrading from version 3.2 to 4.2.1 report column sorting doesn't work when "Enable Partial Page Refresh" is set to "Yes".
When "Enable Partial Page Refresh" is "No" sorting is OK.
Please, help
Regards
Mark

Hi Mark,
it looks like your json.js causes troubles. It extends every JavaScript "object" with two methods called toJSONString and parseJSON. I did a quick debugging and it looks like when we construct our AJAX request to do the sorting, the jQuery AJAX handling tries to serialize those two function because it thinks it's regular data and fails with a JavaScript error.
Looking at the original source of your library at https://github.com/douglascrockford/JSON-js even the creators had some doubts using that version of the library
json.js: This file does everything that json2.js does. It also adds a toJSONString method and a parseJSON method to Object.prototype. Use of this file is not recommended.
Are you sure that you need the parseJSON and toJSONString methods? Maybe you are fine with json2.js as well.
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Report column sort not working

Hello,
Apex 4.1
I have a master-detail report and form. I have ticked the "Sort" box in the Report Attibutes to sort by one of the fields, a text field. However, when I click on the column heading to sort the report it sorts by the primary key id column instead.
Is there something else that needs to be done to enable a sort on a column?
Kind regards,
Simon

Hi,
Login to APEX builder. Run your page.
Select columns from report action menu and save default layout.
Regards,
Jari

ADF Faces: columns sort problem

Hi all,
I'm new ADF Faces italian user and I have some problem sorting columns of table component...
I have tried to convert my ResultSet in a List, and the data are correctly inserted in the "af:table" but the column sort don't work...
I have already read the "af:table" Oracle specification but I have not just found a solution...
This is the part of my backing bean that return the List:
private List anagsList;
public List getAnagsList()
Connection connection;
Statement statement;
ResultSet resultset;
try
Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:oracle:thin:@192.168.168.75:1521:ORA1", "EL2DEMO", "admin");
statement = connection.createStatement();
if(inputText1.getValue().toString().equals(""))
resultset = statement.executeQuery("SELECT AN_RAGSOC, AN_NOME, AN_DATANASCITA FROM ANAGS");
else
String query="SELECT AN_RAGSOC, AN_NOME, AN_DATANASCITA FROM ANAGS WHERE ";
query=query + "AN_RAGSOC LIKE '%" + inputText1.getValue() + "%' OR ";
query=query + "AN_NOME LIKE '%" + inputText1.getValue() + "%' OR ";
query=query + "AN_DATANASCITA LIKE '%" + inputText1.getValue() + "%'";
resultset=statement.executeQuery(query);
anagsList = new ArrayList();
while(resultset.next())
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resultset.close();
statement.close();
connection.close();
catch(Exception e)
System.out.println(e);
return anagsList;
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package mypackage.backing;
public class AnagsRecord
private String nome;
private String cognome;
private String dataNascita;
public AnagsRecord(String nome, String cognome, String dataNascita)
setNome(nome);
setCognome(cognome);
setDataNascita(dataNascita);
public String getNome()
return nome;
public void setNome(String nome)
this.nome = nome;
public String getCognome()
return cognome;
public void setCognome(String cognome)
this.cognome = cognome;
public String getDataNascita()
return dataNascita;
public void setDataNascita(String dataNascita)
this.dataNascita = dataNascita;
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<af:table var="al" emptyText="No records found."
rows="20" value="#{backing_ADFFaces.anagsList}"
banding="row" bandingInterval="1">
<af:column sortable="true" sortProperty="dataNascita">
<f:facet name="header">
<af:outputText value="DATA NASCITA"/>
</f:facet>
<af:outputText value="#{al.dataNascita}"/>
</af:column>
<af:column sortable="true" sortProperty="cognome">
<f:facet name="header">
<af:outputText value="COGNOME"/>
</f:facet>
<af:outputText value="#{al.cognome}"/>
</af:column>
<af:column sortable="true" sortProperty="nome">
<f:facet name="header">
<af:outputText value="NOME"/>
</f:facet>
<af:outputText value="#{al.nome}"/>
</af:column>
</af:table>
I have already installed the ADF Faces demos (column_sortable.jspx) and it works well, but the backing bean is not very understandable...
please help me...
ciao!

Hi,
I have the same problem (with another language), national characters are not sorted properly.
Any pointers how to solve this?
Regards,
Patrik

Hideshow region column sort problem

Hi,
I have a HideShow region containing a PPR report. All is well except that the region hides when I click a column header to sort.
Anyone got a solution to this?
I've tried a few methods involving trying to store the ID of the region in a user-preference, but so far no joy.
Seems the kind of thing we need a generic method for.
Many thanks,
John D

carl,
Thanks for the quick response.
Glad to hear that it's a fairly easy fix, but sad to say I don't know how to implement it. Could I ask you to be more explicit?
I will be too. The problem affects any hideshow region with sortable columns, so I'm looking ideally for a generic fix.
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Report column sorting

Hi All,
I have a oracle report which extracts the output in csv format. I have to add to new columns in the exisiting report. After adding the new column, those columns are not apperaing as kept in the repeating frame. The new columns comes first in csv file and then the rest of the columns. I need that columns to be inserted in 5th and 6 th position.
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Hi Ammad,
I am using oracle reports 10g. Thanks for you reply ..... My problem has been resolved. The excel output is genereated based on the order of the column in the first group data model .. After changing those columns i can able to see the output in the specified manner.
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</script>
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Embedded images disappear on column sorts when viewing SSRS via url in an iframe

RE: SQL Server - 2008 R2 Reporting Services
We deliver an ASP.Net MVC (5) application and some of the views show/display SSRS report via url in an iframe (so the report is displayed vi the web viewer). There are images in the header of some of these reports which display correctly on the initial
view, but "disappear" when the user uses a report column sort and/or changes the report zoom (via the SSRS web viewer toolbar). There are other quirky behaviors as well (depending on the browser), but we are dealing with IE versions 8 thru 11. I've
already set the ReportViewer.aspx to use <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7">, and our application pages/views use <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">.
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Hi,
According to your description, when you preview report through url in an iframe, the embed images can be displayed, images can’t be displayed after users used sort and changed report zoom.
To troubleshoot the problem, please refer to the following steps:
Run the report in Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) to make sure that the images can be displayed correctly.
The issue may be relevant to compatibility of browser, please use different browser to check whether the issue persists.
If you are using embedded image of jpg type, please change the extension of the image to png.
Set the ReportViewer.aspx to use <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8">.
Here is a relevant thread you can reference:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/56650bf4-e65d-4f84-8ac0-a57cb26543b2/image-disappears-when-sorting-in-ssrs-for-server-report-on-report-vieweron-aspx-page?forum=sqlreportingservices
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Null Index Error When Sorting Standard Report Column

I have a page in one of my application that contains three reports in three seperate regions within the page. You only see one report at a time, however, and control which one you see based on a sidebar table containing links that call javascript functions to toggle the hiding/showing of each region.
The problem stems from trying to use the standard column sort on any of the columns. When I click the column header in any of the the reports, the page submits the request to sort the column (for example: request="fsp_sort_6", etc...), and then the page refreshes with all three reports displayed. The report for which you actually 'clicked' a column header will be sorted. However the other two will display with an error (code ORA-06502) saying that the report cannot parse the query because of a null key index value in one of the corresponding tables being queried.
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Reports serialising when column sort attributes used

If an Apex user has two sessions and runs the same report page in both, then if the report uses column sort attributes (rather than an ORDER BY in the SQL), the second is blocked by the first; once the first completes the second then runs and completes. This appears to be because the user preferences for column sorting are being updated each time, even if they have not been changed.
This application demonstrates the problem:
http://htmldb.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=15827:2
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Hi Tony,
If you're using this on unauthenticated pages, then the sort preferences are stored per user for the APEX_PUBLIC_USER (or HTMLDB_PUBLIC_USER), which is potentially why you're seeing the serialisation/dead-locking.
Could you perhaps use the suggestion by Scott in this thread -
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I have an application that contains an interactive report. The Column Sorting and Filtering functions work fine in Firefox. However, if I try to sort a wide (110 byte - it contains a hyperlink) column in Internet Explorer, APEX produces the 'loading data' image and then hangs. Even a sort of a narrow (3 byte) column is noticeably slower in Internet Explorer than in Firefox.
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Joe Bertram wrote:
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>
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We've enabled column sorting on the table view in an Answers request but it doesn't work when more than around 400 rows are returned. It works Ok when fewer than 400 rows are returned. Does anyone know if there is a specific limit to the number of rows where column sorting works?
Thanks,
Mike

I've dug into the query log a little more. When this request returns more than around 400 records and you click on a column heading to sort the table view, the query from the log is not changing to reflect the new sort order. It stays as whatever the default sort order was for the request.
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Problem with column sort in myFaces dataTable

Hello,
In my dataTable I am trying to do a column sort on each column, When i click on the column header link nothing is happening. Could somebody please help. Please let me know if I am missing something.
Here is the code.
The jsf is as follows:
<h:panelGrid columns="1" styleClass="tableHeaderAction">
<t:dataTable id="fooS" value="#{supervisorsDto.tableRows}"
var="tableRow" rows"30" styleClass="dataTable"
headerClass="tableHeader" first="0"
columnClasses="string,string,string,string"
rowClasses="odd,even"
sortAscending="#{supervisorsDto.ascending}"
sortColumn="#{supervisorsDto.sort}"
preserveSort="true" >
<t:column>
<f:facet name="header">
<t:commandSortHeader columnName="lastName" arrow="false">
<t:outputText value="#{screen.lastName}" />
</t:commandSortHeader>
</f:facet>
<t:outputText value="#{tableRow.lastName}" />
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<t:commandSortHeader columnName="firstName" arrow="false">
<t:outputText value="#{screen.firstName}" />
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</f:facet>
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<t:outputText value="#{screen.loginName}" />
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</f:facet>
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public class SupervisorsDto implements Serializable {
private String sort="lastName";
private boolean ascending= true;
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public void sort(final String column,final boolean ascending)
Comparator comparator = new Comparator()
public int compare(Object o1, Object o2)
Supervisors c1 = (Supervisors)o1;
Supervisors c2 = (Supervisors)o2;
if (column == null)
return 0;
if (column.equals("lastName"))
return ascending ? c1.getLastName().compareTo(c2.getLastName()) : c2.getLastName().compareTo(c1.getLastName());
else if (column.equals("firstName"))
return ascending ? c1.getFirstName().compareTo(c2.getFirstName()) : c2.getFirstName().compareTo(c1.getFirstName());
else if (column.equals("loginName"))
return ascending ? c1.getLoginName().compareTo(c2.getLoginName()) : c2.getLoginName().compareTo(c1.getLoginName());
else if (column.equals("team"))
return ascending ? c1.getTeam().compareTo(c2.getTeam()) : c2.getTeam().compareTo(c1.getTeam());
else return 0;
Collections.sort(tableRows, comparator);
public void sort(String sortColumn)
if (sortColumn == null)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Argument sortColumn must not be null.");
if (sort.equals(sortColumn))
//current sort equals new sortColumn -> reverse sort order
ascending = !ascending;
else
//sort new column in default direction
sort = sortColumn;
ascending = isDefaultAscending(sort);
sort(sort, ascending);
protected boolean isDefaultAscending(String sortColumn)
return true;
public String getSort() {
return sort;
public void setSort(String sort) {
this.sort = sort;
public boolean isAscending() {
return ascending;
public void setAscending(boolean ascending) {
if(ascending != this.ascending)
this.ascending = ascending;
Thanks!

I think I get really good at answering my own questions.
It seems when you select the sort option on a column you must also set the "Sort Sequence".

Report query parsing problem

I didn't find any report of this problem...
Using APEX 3.0.1.00.07, I have a report of type "SQL Query (PL/SQL function body returning SQL query)" with the "Use Generic Column Names (parse query at runtime only)" radio button selected.
When the region source contains the string "ORDER BY" in any form that I've tried (even in a comment), attempting to save the region fails with "Your query can't include an "ORDER BY" clause when having column heading sorting enabled."
I do indeed have column sorting enabled on certain columns, but I don't see how that is relevant under these circumstances since the query produced at runtime does not have an ORDER BY clause.
Am I overlooking something or is this a parsing problem?
Rodney

Rodney,
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How to display data in interactive report column without colons (:)

Dear Apex gurus,
I'm a newbie and have just created an Apex application from a spreadsheet. I've created a named list of values and used it in a checkbox against a field in the default page 3 Create form.
When I've selected multiple values in my check box in the form, the data in the interactive report appears as one line with colons separating the selected values like this: Dog:Cat:Bird
What I would like is to have the data appear in the interactive report column as a multi-line list like this:
Dog
Cat
Bird
I can work around this by modifying the SQL code in the Region Source of the Region Definition of the report (Default Page 1 interactive report) to replace the colons with <br>
SELECT replace("PETS_CHOSEN",':','<br>') "PETS_CHOSEN", FROM "MYAPP" Note: this doesn't format properly in the posting. I replace the colon with a html br
This works, but seems to be a hack to me. I am guessing that I've missed a simple option setting somewhere, but I can't find it.
The other problem with this solution is that when I export the report to Excel, what is exported is Dog<br>Cat<br>Bird, which is seems worse than colons.
Thanks,
- Morgan
Edited by: mnrussel on 16-Feb-2009 04:13

Hi Morgan,
I think you have at least two choices:
1 - Replace the colons with ', ' (comma and space) - sort of reasonable on screen and in an export
2 - Create a second page that has the same report but uses the "export: csv" template. Create a manual link to this page to replace the standard Export link. When such report pages are requested, they download immediately instead of displaying. You can, therefore, use commas in this one and <br> tags in the on-screen report version
Andy
ps - To display tags in a post, use &lt; for < and &gt; for >

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