server/AyaNova/DataList/DataListFetcher.cs

@@ -84,8 +84,11 @@ namespace AyaNova.DataList
                 //WHERE CLAUSE - FILTER            
                 qWhere = DataListSqlFilterCriteriaBuilder.DataFilterToSQLCriteria(DataList.FieldDefinitions, TheFilter, DataList.FieldDefinitions, UserId);
                 //ORDER BY CLAUSE - SORT 
-                //BUILD ORDER BY AND APPEND IT
+                //BUILD ORDER BY 
                 qOrderBy = DataListSqlFilterOrderByBuilder.DataFilterToSQLOrderBy(DataList.FieldDefinitions, TheFilter);
+            }else{                
+                //BUILD DEFAULT ORDER BY IF POSSIBLE
+                qOrderBy = DataListSqlFilterOrderByBuilder.DataFilterToSQLOrderBy(DataList.FieldDefinitions, null);
             }
 
             //LIMIT AND OFFSET CLAUSE - PAGING
@@ -103,7 +106,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.DataList
             }
             else
             {
-                qDataQuery = $"{qSelectColumns} {qFrom} {qLimitOffset}";
+                qDataQuery = $"{qSelectColumns} {qFrom} {qOrderBy} {qLimitOffset}";
                 qTotalRecordsQuery = $"SELECT COUNT(*) {qFrom}";
             }
 

server/AyaNova/DataList/DataListSqlFilterOrderByBuilder.cs

@@ -15,16 +15,19 @@ namespace AyaNova.DataList
         public static string DataFilterToSQLOrderBy(List<AyaDataListFieldDefinition> objectFieldsList, AyaNova.Models.DataListFilter dataFilter)
         {
 
-            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(dataFilter.Sort))
+            if (dataFilter == null || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(dataFilter.Sort))
             {
                 //sort by default field descending which should in theory always be the id column of the main object in the list
                 //which should return the results to user with most recent records at the top if no sort order was specified
-                if(objectFieldsList[0].FieldKey=="df"){
+                if (objectFieldsList[0].FieldKey == "df")
+                {
                     return $"ORDER BY {objectFieldsList[0].SqlIdColumnName} DESC";
-                }else{
+                }
+                else
+                {
                     //no default column so no idea how to sort
                     return string.Empty;
-                }               
+                }
             }
 
             StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();