not a problem. by passing the field generator the length i want i can make a dynamic search form and a query form for simple reports against the table. Now, mine allows me to save the querystring  with name to tabmod settings. this allows me to set a schedule for the report to automatically run. and send the result as an excell sheet to the customer. she is tickled pink with that. i have sorting, paging, and searching working. it's just on the call to dnn_postback. that it mangles the search. also, since i am sending queries back and forth. i added a simple encrypt/decrypt function to hide my fields from prying eyes. every little bit helps. if you can find out why it does that. i would greatly appreciate it. it is a java function in the js directory. in the root dnn namespace.

richard

Is this issue related to the problem where it won't save the default sort order?

I keep setting it to sort by LastName, Ascending, and save the settings.  The table is still out of order, so I go back to that menu and see that the sort order is once again "not specified".