How to apply sorting on hidden column

28.vivek.s

hi allan,

I have table with 4 columns out of them 3 are visible and 1 is hidden.
I have to apply sorting on that hidden column (External sorting should be applied).
I have tried with
[code]
oTable.fnSortListener('#Sortingcol_1',3);
[/code]
and onclick of div tag I have tried
[code]
oTable.fnSort([3,'desc']); [/code]also
but none of the above gave me proper output.when i am apply sorting on visible column through same code it's working properly...but not on hidden column.
please let me know how to sort hidden column.

Regards
Vivek

allan

There are several answers to your question - depending on the use case :-).

If you want to add sorting to another element, then fnSortListener is the right thing to do (but not to another column, since it will have it's own listener already). fnSort is right if you want to do it programmatically. iSortData can be used when you want the user to click on one column, but have it sort on another's data.

Allan

JAlt

Hi,

Really keen to use iSortData as I have a column but it needs to be sorted using another column. Unfortunately I couldn't find any other references to iSortData? Just wondering if you could point me in the right direction.

Thanks.

allan

Sorry - should have been iDataSort: http://datatables.net/usage/columns#iDataSort

Allan