ASP.NET

myGridview.Sort("Column1", SortDirection.Descending);

private SortDirection GridViewSortDirection
{
   get
   {
      if (ViewState["sortDirection"] == null)
          ViewState["sortDirection"] = SortDirection.Ascending;
      return (SortDirection)ViewState["sortDirection"];
   }
   set 
   { 
      ViewState["sortDirection"] = value; 
   }
}

protected void btnClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   ViewState["SortExpression"] = sortExpression;
   if (GridViewSortDirection == SortDirection.Ascending)
   {
      GridViewSortDirection = SortDirection.Descending;
      SortGridView(sortExpression, DESCENDING);
   }
   else
   {
      GridViewSortDirection = SortDirection.Ascending;
      SortGridView(sortExpression, ASCENDING);
   } 
}

private void SortGridView(string sortExpression, string direction)
{
  DataView dv = new DataView(dt);
  dv.Sort = sortExpression + direction;
  gvHours.DataSource = dv;
  gvHours.DataBind();
}

sowjanya3 wrote:

Should we place a panel inside the table or table inside the panel?

<asp:Panel ID="Panel1" runat="server"> </asp:Panel>

div id="Panel1"