SortOrder vs SortBy

Steven Stieng

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Where can I find information on what properties these two sort functions have?

There's nothing in the manual or SDK.

#34066

Oct 28, 2009 10:24

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The SortBy property defines the field (page property) to sort the results, e.g. PageName in the example on this link:

List pages example.

There is also the property faqItemLister.SortDirection to define the ascending or descending order of the result:

faqItemLister.SortDirection = EPiServer.Filters.FilterSortDirection.Ascending

SortOrder uses the enum from EPiServer.Filters.FilterSortOrder, e.g. EPiServer.Filters.FilterSortOrder.CreatedAscending. I do not know which takes precendance.

#34087

Oct 28, 2009 12:16

Steven Stieng

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And how do I go about sorting by name, then by date?

#34089

Edited, Oct 28, 2009 12:43

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I have just modified some code on our system and this displays correctly:

<EPiServer:NewsList ID="newsLister" runat="server" SortBy="PageName" SortDirection="Ascending">

Initially I tried it without the SortDirection attribute and found that it sorts by descending by default. We were using:

<EPiServer:NewsList ID="newsLister" runat="server" SortOrder="PublishedDescending">

This is in a user control rather than an ASPX page. Do you have any code defining the sort criteria in your code behind?

I do not know the answer to your question on sorting by two fields.

#34090

Edited, Oct 28, 2009 13:05

Steven Stieng

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Thanks. Got it :)

Maybe some other ppl might know how to sort articles by date / name - name / date.

#34091

Oct 28, 2009 13:07

Frederik Vig

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http://world.episerver.com/FAQ/Items/How-do-I-sort-pages-by-multiple-properties/

#34110

Oct 28, 2009 18:04