ASPxGridView.SortBy(GridViewColumn, ColumnSortOrder) Method

Sorts data by the values of the specified data column in the specified sort order.

Namespace: DevExpress.Web

Assembly: DevExpress.Web.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public ColumnSortOrder SortBy(
    GridViewColumn column,
    ColumnSortOrder value
)

VB.NET

Public Function SortBy(
    column As GridViewColumn,
    value As ColumnSortOrder
) As ColumnSortOrder

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
column	GridViewColumn	A grid column.
value	ColumnSortOrder	The column’s sort order.

Returns

Type	Description
ColumnSortOrder	The column’s sort order.

Remarks

The SortBy method sorts data in the grid by the column’s values in the specified sort order.

To define the column’s sort priority among columns, use the SortIndex property.

For more information on sorting in the grid, refer to the following topic: ASPxGridView - Sort Data.

ASPX

<dx:ASPxGridView ID="ASPxGridView1" runat="server" KeyFieldName="ProductID">
    <Columns>
        <dx:GridViewDataTextColumn FieldName="ProductID" ReadOnly="True" VisibleIndex="0" /> 
        <dx:GridViewDataTextColumn FieldName="ProductName" VisibleIndex="1" /> 
        <dx:GridViewDataTextColumn FieldName="UnitPrice" VisibleIndex="2" />
        <dx:GridViewDataCheckColumn FieldName="Discontinued" VisibleIndex="3" />
    </Columns>
</dx:ASPxGridView>

C#

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    ASPxGridView1.SortBy(ASPxGridView1.Columns["ProductName"], DevExpress.Data.ColumnSortOrder.Ascending);
    ASPxGridView1.SortBy(ASPxGridView1.Columns["UnitPrice"], DevExpress.Data.ColumnSortOrder.Ascending);
    ASPxGridView1.SortBy(ASPxGridView1.Columns["Discontinued"], DevExpress.Data.ColumnSortOrder.Ascending);
}

VB.NET

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    ASPxGridView1.SortBy(ASPxGridView1.Columns("ProductName"), DevExpress.Data.ColumnSortOrder.Ascending)
    ASPxGridView1.SortBy(ASPxGridView1.Columns("UnitPrice"), DevExpress.Data.ColumnSortOrder.Ascending)
    ASPxGridView1.SortBy(ASPxGridView1.Columns("Discontinued"), DevExpress.Data.ColumnSortOrder.Ascending)
End Sub