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that you want to sort on: http://datatables.net/development/sorting#type_based . There are a number of sorting plug-ins already valuable here

This seems to do the trick: [code] $('table th:first').removeClass().addClass('sorting_asc'); [/code] removeClass() with no params removes all the previous classes, then we add the ascending sort class (naturally run this after .dataTable() is finished)

also firing when i sort OR fnUpdate a cell

Use aaSorting for initial sort and fnSort to perform a sort. Allan

column and turned off sorting on the 1% width

Thanks a lot hugehugh !! Finally your trick worked for me!! "Error Was:"The Datatables sort icon, on column headers, by default appears under the column header text" ". Regards Kailash Nirmal

a column it doesnt sort. Instead it does nothing.

Yup - no problem. Just set the aaSorting option to be an empty array in the initialisation of your table. That will apply no default sort, but allow the user to sort the table if they want. Allan

plain text) columns wouldn't sort. Perhaps that should be

Does aaSorting support custom sorts? Yes :-). As long as your content can be sorted correctly (for which you might need a sorting plug-in in this case), aaSorting can do a multi-column sort. Allan