Sorting Numbers that are Links

whobutsb

Hello all,

I have a table which is mostly numbers that are hyperlinks. I'm looking to be able to sort the numbers, but I can't seem to use either "html" or "numeric" to sort the numbers. When I use "html" it will sort the numbers like: 9,8,5,17,11,1,0. And when I use numeric it won't sort at all. Is there a solution or a special way I should format the table numbers?

Thanks for the help,
Steve

Here is a sample of my table:

[code]

Sales ManagerCanceledProspectiveTentativeContract OutDefiniteActualizedTotal Events Referred

Gail Alofsin0000000


Nancy Andrade0000000

.[/code]

allan

Hi,

What you can do is make use of the HTML numbers sorting plug-in function ( http://datatables.net/plug-ins#sorting_numbers_html ). You then just need to set the sType for your column to 'num-html'. See this example for adding plug-in functions: http://datatables.net/examples/example_sorting_plugin.html

Regards,
Allan

njraju

Hi allan,
After three days of hardwork came to know the usage of number html plugin.
Y dont u guys provide the clear cut example....It will be really helpful........pls do that

allan

Hi njraju,

The information above should provide you with everything that is needed for sorting numbers mixed with HTML. The plug-in to do it is there, and so is an example showing how this style of plug-in can be used. This is all available in the documentation on the site as well as this post.

We do provide clear cut examples, where appropriate ( http://www.datatables.net/examples ), but can't and won't provide code for every circumstance. If you do want someone to write code for you, please feel free to hit the donate button above :-)

Regards,
Allan