Sorting in a Repeater

Even though ASP.NET Repeater control does not have sorting option as the Gridview does, it can be manually coded easily using the Dataview. To implement the sorting include in

.aspx page

<asp:Repeater ID="Repeater" runat="server" ClientIDMode="Static" OnItemCommand="Repeater_ItemCommand">
            <HeaderTemplate>
                <table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" >
                    <tr style="background-color: #D2B48C;">
                        <th align="center" style="width: 20px;">
                        </th>
                        <th align="center" style="width: 55px;">
                            <asp:LinkButton ID="ClaimNoLinkButton" runat="server" Text="ClaimNo" CommandName="ClaimNo"></asp:LinkButton>
                        </th>
                        <th align="left" style="width: 100px;">
                            <asp:LinkButton ID="LastUpdatedOnLinkButton" runat="server" Text="LastUpdatedOn"
                                CommandName="LastUpdatedOn"></asp:LinkButton>
                        </th>
                    </tr>
            </HeaderTemplate>
            <FooterTemplate>
                <tr>
                    { contents }
                </tr>
                </table>
            </FooterTemplate>
            <ItemTemplate>
                <tr>
                    { contents }
                </tr>
            </ItemTemplate>
            <AlternatingItemTemplate>
                <tr>
                    { contents }
                </tr>
            </AlternatingItemTemplate>
        </asp:Repeater>

.cs page

In page load, if the page is not postback,

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!this.Page.IsPostBack)
    {
            //Set View State Value for Initial Sort Order
            ViewState["Column"] = "ClaimNo";
            ViewState["Order"] = "DESC";

             BindRepeater();
    }   
}

protected void Repeater_ItemCommand(object source, RepeaterCommandEventArgs e)
    {
            if (e.CommandName == ViewState["Column"].ToString())
            {
                if (ViewState["Order"].ToString() == "ASC")
                    ViewState["Order"] = "DESC";
                else
                    ViewState["Order"] = "ASC";
            }
            else
            {
                ViewState["Column"] = e.CommandName;
                ViewState["Order"] = "ASC";
            }
        }


public void BindRepeater()
{
      DataTable dt = new DataTable();

        dt.Columns.Add("ClaimNo", typeof(int));
        dt.Columns.Add("LastUpdatedOn", typeof(DateTime));

        dt.Rows.Add(1, "2012-03-16 00:00:00.000");
        dt.Rows.Add(2, "2012-02-16 00:00:00.000");

        Repeater.DataSource = dt;
        Repeater.DataBind();

        DataView dvSort = new DataView(dt);
        dvSort.Sort = ViewState["Column"].ToString() + " " + ViewState["Order"].ToString();                //Sorting columns in Repeater

        Repeater.DataSource = dvSort;
        Repeater.DataBind();
}