problem with commandLink

[jjlou]

Hi, I have just started using a4j tags. I put a <a4j:commandLink> on my column header for sorting. The problem is, nothing happens when I click on it the first two times. On the third click, and all subsequent clicks, the sorting function works just fine.

I wonder if anyone had this problem before and know how it could be solved. Thank you very much!

[sergeysmirnov]

post your code (page snippet and java class) please. What is you run-time environment.

[jjlou]

I'm using RAD 6.0. Here is my datatable, I omitted all but the first column:

<h:dataTable border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"
headerClass="headerClass" footerClass="footerClass"
rowClasses="rowClass1,rowClass2" styleClass="dataTable"
id="familytbl" value="#{contactStartupMB.subscriberMB.eligibilityMB.memberDataModel}" var="family">
<h:column id="familyCol1">
<f:facet name="header">
<h:panelGroup>
<a4j:commandLink styleClass="commandLinkHeader"
id="sortFamilyName" reRender="familytbl"
actionListener="#{pc_MemberView.actionSortFamily}">
<f:attribute name="sortField" value="familyName" />
<h:outputText value="#{had.txtFamilyName}"
styleClass="tableColHeader"></h:outputText>
</a4j:commandLink>
</h:panelGroup>
</f:facet>
<a4j:commandLink reRender="covtbl, firstName, lastName, familytbl"
action="#{pc_MemberView.doSelectAction}">
<h:outputText id="outFamilyName" styleClass="#{contactStartupMB.subscriberMB.eligibilityMB.memStyleClass}" value="#{family.name}" />
</a4j:commandLink>
<f:attribute value="center" name="align" />
</h:column>
</h:dataTable>

As you can see, I have a commandLink for sorting, and a commandLink for populating another table. From the log file, the first time I click on either of those links, the AJAX request is sent, and response is received, but no update occurs; second time I click a link, no request was sent; third time, everything is fine.

Thanks.

Jay

[jjlou]

Never mind. I think the problem is I didn't put in an ID for the form. It's working fine now after I changed it.

[sergeysmirnov]

I did no see the form in you code snippet :-(