I don't know why we should have to resort to these kinds of tricks. Adding a sortProperty attribute would be highly appropriate.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 06/18/2004 05:43:02 AM:
> Good suggestion Bryan.
>
> After a little testing, I found another workaround that's a little more
> standards-compliant. Instead of using an incorrect tag, just use an
> HTML comment.
>
> The problem that I have with using an incorrect tag is what happens when
> that incorrect tag turns out to be a correct one? For example, using
> your code below, if facility.getDepartmentName() returned "button", then
> the resulting HTML code would look like this:
> <button/><a href=""> > Sure, the example's a little contrived, but it does convey the problem.
>
> A better solution would be to use standard HTML comment tags. These
> will never result in inappropriately interpreted tags. Therefore, using
> the contrived example above, the resulting HTML code would look like
> this:
> <!-- button --> <a href=""> > In terms of 'tricking' the DisplayTag sorter into properly sorting, this
> works for me 100%.
>
> So, thanks again for the suggestion. I hope that my reply is useful to
> you too.
>
> JDG
>
> PS: I've included the DisplayTag email list for posterity. I hope you
> don't mind.
>
> --
> Jay Glanville
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bryan Hansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 1:45 PM
> > To: Glanville, Jay
> > Subject: RE: [displaytag-user] How can I sort based not on
> > what's in the cell?
> >
> >
> > Jay,
> >
> > We just found a little workaround for the sorting with
> > decorators. Browsers
> > with ignore incorrect tags embedded in html. So I just put in
> > a fake tag at
> > the start of my url on what I want to sort and it works just fine.
> >
> >
> >
> > public String getOrganizationStake() {
> > FacilityDO facility = (FacilityDO) getCurrentRowObject();
> >
> > String name ="<" +
> > right here ------> facility.getDepartmentName()
> > <----------right here
> > + "/><a href=""> > > + getListIndex()
> > + "&facilityOid="
> > + facility.getFacilityOid()
> > + "\">"
> > + facility.getDepartmentName()
> > + "</a>"
> > + " <br> "
> > + "<a href=""> > > + getListIndex()
> > + "&facilityOid="
> > + facility.getFacilityOid()
> > + "\">"
> > + facility.getStakeMissionName()
> > + "</a>";
> >
> > return name;
> > }
> >
>
>
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