protected void PendingWorkGridView_OnSorting(object sender, GridViewSortEventArgs e)

    {

        // For some reason the SortDirection property is not getting set automatically so set manually

        e.SortDirection = e.SortExpression.IndexOf(" DESC") > 0 ? SortDirection.Descending : SortDirection.Ascending;

        List<MyWorklistItem> pendingWorkItems = (List<MyWorklistItem>) Session["MyWorkItems"];

        pendingWorkItems.Sort(new MyWorklistItemComparer(e.SortBLOCKED EXPRESSION;

        // Update SortExpression for the column, toggling between ASC and DESC

        foreach (DataControlField column in PendingWorkGridView.Columns)

        {

            if (column.SortExpression == e.SortExpression)

            {

                column.SortExpression = e.SortDirection == SortDirection.Ascending

                                            ? e.SortExpression + " DESC"

                                            : e.SortExpression.Replace(" DESC", string.Empty);

                break;

            }

        }

        PendingWorkGridView.DataSource = pendingWorkItems;

        PendingWorkGridView.DataBind();

    }

    protected void PendingWorkGridView_OnPageIndexChanging(object sender, GridViewPageEventArgs e)

    {

        PendingWorkGridView.PageIndex = e.NewPageIndex;

        PendingWorkGridView.DataBind();

    }