Report not initially sorted as defined by Report Attributes "Sort Sequence"

Question

I have a Report Region with Type SQL Query and Source "SELECT * FROM <table>" where <table> has a primary key from a sequence. Under Report Attributes, I have Report Column "ST_NM" with Show and Sort checked and having a Sort Sequence of "1". I assume this is to set the iniital display sequence but regardless, the report rows display in Primary key order initially.
To try it: http://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=21997:2 with Dever/Ima9Dever
1) How do I set the initial display sequence to be other than the primary key sequence?
[Note: It seems to work part (or all?) of the time under our 4.1 implementation.]
Thanks,
Howard
I thought this one would be easy!

Answer 1

Howard (DBA in Training) wrote:
I have a Report Region with Type SQL Query and Source "SELECT * FROM <table>" where <table> has a primary key from a sequence. Under Report Attributes, I have Report Column "ST_NM" with Show and Sort checked and having a Sort Sequence of "1". I assume this is to set the iniital display sequence but regardless, the report rows display in Primary key order initially.
To try it: http://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=21997:2 with Dever/Ima9Dever
1) How do I set the initial display sequence to be other than the primary key sequence?
[Note: It seems to work part (or all?) of the time under our 4.1 implementation.]Standard reports store sort columns persistently across sessions as user preferences. It's likely that Dever user has at some point clicked to sort on the PK column and created a persistent preference. Try it with a new user that has never viewed the page before...
See +{thread:id=2433320}+ for more on this, including how to reset it.