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GridViewSortEventHandler Delegate

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Represents the method that handles the Sorting event of a GridView control.

C# 
public delegate void GridViewSortEventHandler(object sender, GridViewSortEventArgs e);

Parameters

sender
Object

The source of the event.

e
GridViewSortEventArgs

A GridViewSortEventArgs object that contains the event data.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to programmatically add a GridViewSortEventHandler delegate to the Sorting event of a GridView control.

ASP.NET (C#) 

<%@ Page language="C#" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

    void Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        
        // Create a new GridView object.
        GridView authorGridView = new GridView();
         
        // Set the GridView object's properties.
        authorGridView.ID = "AuthorGridView";
        authorGridView.DataSourceID = "AuthorsSqlDataSource"; 
        authorGridView.AutoGenerateColumns = true;
        authorGridView.AllowSorting = true;
        
        // Programmatically register the event-handling methods.
        authorGridView.Sorting += new GridViewSortEventHandler(this.AuthorsGridView_Sorting);
        
        // Add the GridView object to the Controls collection
        // of the PlaceHolder control.
        GridViewPlaceHolder.Controls.Add(authorGridView);
        
    }
    
    void AuthorsGridView_Sorting(Object sender, GridViewSortEventArgs e)
    {
    
        // Cancel the sorting operation if the user attempts to sort
        // the Contract column.
        if(e.SortExpression == "contract")
        {
            e.Cancel = true;
            Message.Text = "You cannot sort the Contract column.";
        }
        else
        {
            // Clear the message label.
            Message.Text = "";
        }
    
    }

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
    <head runat="server">
    <title>GridViewSortEventHandler Example</title>
</head>
<body>
        <form id="form1" runat="server">
        
            <h3>GridViewSortEventHandler Example</h3>
            
            <asp:label id="Message"
                forecolor="Red"
                runat="server"/>
                
            <br/>
            
            <asp:placeholder id="GridViewPlaceHolder"
                runat="Server"/>
            
            <!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
            <!-- to the Pubs sample database.                         -->
            <asp:sqldatasource id="AuthorsSqlDataSource"  
                selectcommand="SELECT [au_id], [au_lname], [au_fname], [address], [city], [state], [zip], [contract] FROM [authors]"
                updatecommand="UPDATE authors SET au_lname=@au_lname, au_fname=@au_fname, address=@address, city=@city, state=@state, zip=@zip, contract=@contract WHERE (authors.au_id = @au_id)"
                connectionstring="server=localhost;database=pubs;integrated security=SSPI"
                runat="server">
            </asp:sqldatasource>
            
        </form>
    </body>
</html>

The following example demonstrates how to declaratively add a GridViewSortEventHandler delegate to the Sorting event of a GridView control.

ASP.NET (C#) 

<%@ Page language="C#" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
  
  void CustomersGridView_Sorting(Object sender, GridViewSortEventArgs e)
  {
    // Cancel the sorting operation if the user attempts
    // to sort by address.
    if (e.SortExpression == "Address")
    {
      e.Cancel = true;
      Message.Text = "You cannot sort by address.";
      SortInformationLabel.Text = "";
    }
    else
    {
      Message.Text = "";
    }
  }

  void CustomersGridView_Sorted(Object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
    // Display the sort expression and sort direction.
    SortInformationLabel.Text = "Sorting by " +
      CustomersGridView.SortExpression.ToString() +
      " in " + CustomersGridView.SortDirection.ToString() +
      " order.";
  }
  
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>GridView Sorting Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        
      <h3>GridView Sorting Example</h3>

      <asp:label id="Message"
        forecolor="Red"
        runat="server"/>
        
      <br/>
        
      <asp:label id="SortInformationLabel"
        forecolor="Navy"
        runat="server"/>
                
      <br/>  

      <asp:gridview id="CustomersGridView" 
        datasourceid="CustomersSource" 
        autogeneratecolumns="true"
        allowpaging="true"
        emptydatatext="No data available." 
        allowsorting="true"
        onsorting="CustomersGridView_Sorting"
        onsorted="CustomersGridView_Sorted"  
        runat="server">
                
      </asp:gridview>
            
      <!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects  -->
      <!-- to the Northwind sample database. Use an ASP.NET     -->
      <!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value   -->
      <!-- from the Web.config file.                            -->
      <asp:sqldatasource id="CustomersSource"
        selectcommand="Select [CustomerID], [CompanyName], [Address], [City], [PostalCode], [Country] From [Customers]"
        connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>" 
        runat="server"/>
        
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

Remarks

The Sorting event is raised when the hyperlink to sort a column is clicked, but before the GridView control handles the sort operation. This allows you to provide an event-handling method that performs a custom routine, such as canceling the sorting operation, whenever this event occurs.

When you create a GridViewSortEventHandler delegate, you identify the method that will handle the event. To associate the event with your event handler, add an instance of the delegate to the event. The event handler is called whenever the event occurs, unless you remove the delegate. For more information about event-handler delegates, see Handling and Raising Events.

Extension Methods

GetMethodInfo(Delegate)

Gets an object that represents the method represented by the specified delegate.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1

See also