Selection in a Sorted JTable

If this has already been answered, let me know; I couldn't find anything like it in my search.
I have an application that displays a JTable of the rows in a database table. The table is pure wizard code except that I overrided the isCellEditable() method so the user couldn't edit the cells. My problem is that when the user clicks on a table heading and the table is sorted, row selection is turned off. If the heading is clicked again and the sort disabled, the rows become selectable again.
Any ideas on a solution?

Hey Jan,
I found a solution posted by Frank Nimphius that is easier to implement
Since we do server-side sorting we don't need the client-side sorting provided as default.
Add this code to remove this default behavior
MouseListener[] mls = jTable1.getTableHeader().getMouseListeners();
          for (int i = 0; i < mls.length; i++)
               if (mls.getClass().toString().indexOf("oracle.jbo.uicli.jui.JUTableSortModel")>-1)
                    jTable1.getTableHeader().removeMouseListener(mls[i]);
This way your table will not be editable, sortable and selectable after a sort.
Regards
Johan
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