ExtendedDataTable - sorting problem

[blu3_ros3]

Hello,

I got the extendedDataTable to display the data correctly. However, when I clicked on the arrow next to the column name to sort it, the spinner worked indefinitely and never got completed, e.g. it never came back with the sorted data. This is my code:

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carForm.xhtml

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<ui:composition ...>

     <rich:extendedDataTable id="carTable" rowKeyVar="rkv"

        value="#{carForm.carList}" var="item"
        height="200px" width="340px"

        sortMode="single" selectionMode="single">

                 <rich:column id="carMakeCol" width="140" height="10px"
                            headerClass="dataTableHeader" label="Make" sortable="true"
                            sortBy="#{item.make}" filterBy="#{item.make}"
                            filterEvent="onkeyup">
                            <f:facet name="header">
                                <h:outputText value="Car Make" />
                            </f:facet>
                            <h:outputText value="#{item.make}"></h:outputText>
                  </rich:column>

     </rich:extendedDataTable>

     ...

</ui:composition>

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CarForm.java

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     List<Car> carList;

     public List<Car> getCarList() {
       
        if (carList == null){     
            carList = carDao.getAll();
        }

        return carList;
    }

    //setter (standard)

[ilya_shaikovsky]

please check the broser console for JS errors. Do you have a form around the component?

[blu3_ros3]

I'm not sure where to look for the JS error in the browser (or maybe because there were no errors?) Could you please help?

[traneti]

A little late but... Exactly what i just discovered. You have to put ExtendedDataTable inside a form for sort to work:

http://community.jboss.org/thread/163819

How to see javascript errors and go to their source: I traced the JS error with Firebug Script & Console to where it was saying something about null form and I remembered my ExtendedDataTable wasn't sitting in a form.