I am trying to set up a grid using MVCGrid.Net, but my code using sorting gives me an error with .sortdirection options.
public static void RegisterGrids()
{
MVCGridDefinitionTable.Add("CustomerGrid", new MVCGridBuilder<Customer>()
.WithAuthorizationType(AuthorizationType.AllowAnonymous)
.AddColumns(cols =>
{
cols.Add("Id").WithSorting(false).WithValueExpression(p => p.CustomersID.ToString());
cols.Add("FirstName").WithHeaderText("First Name")
.WithValueExpression(p => p.Name);
cols.Add("Company").WithHeaderText("Company")
.WithValueExpression(p => p.Company);
})
.WithSorting(true, "FirstName")
.WithRetrieveDataMethod((context) =>
{
var options = context.QueryOptions;
var result = new QueryResult<Customer>();
using (var db = new Entities())
{
var query = db.Customers.ToList();
if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(options.SortColumnName))
{
switch (options.SortColumnName.ToLower())
{
case "name":
query = query.OrderBy(c=>c.Company, options.SortDirection);
break;
}
}
result.Items = query;
}
return result;
})
);
}
Error in request in case expression. Pls help if possible. A visual studio error gives:
Error 1 'System.Collections.Generic.List' does not contain a definition for "OrderBy" and the best extension method is to overload "System.Linq.Enumerable.OrderBy (System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable, System.Func, System.Collections.Generic .IComparer) 'has some invalid arguments C: \ MVC Tests \ MVCGrida \ MVCGrida \ App_Start \ MVCGridConfig.cs 39 46 MVCGrida
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