How do I set the column to sort on first load?

soroushhakami

Say that I want my datatable to sort on the second column, 'lastname' in descending order by default the first time the table is loaded. How can i achieve this?

I've already tried this with no success:

[code]"aoColumns": [
{ "mDataProp": "firstname"},
{ "mDataProp": "lastname", "asSorting": [ "desc" ]},
{ "mDataProp": "unit_name" },
{ "mDataProp": "employment_title" },[/code]

fbas

http://www.datatables.net/ref#aaSorting

[code]
"aaSorting": [[1, "desc"]]
[/code]

soroushhakami

A little late but thanks!