Data View column headers missing

Question

I created a link of two lists and a data view for it. Now I am struggling to get the Column Headers to show. Is there a particular setting I need to switch on? Or do I manually have to enter the XSL for the headers? If so, can somebody show me what I need to enter to make my column headers look the same as the ones for normal lists?

I noticed that if I go to Data View Properties and try to switch on "Enable sorting and filtering on column headers" the checkbox autopmatically gets unticked the moment I save the Data View Properties. Well, I can kind of understand that, seeing that there are no column headers in first place, but how do I add them so I can then sort on them?

Thanks for the info.

Answer 1

Data View Web Part questions go to Design/Customization.

Moving this.

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Answer 2

I'll give this post a boost now that it is in a new forum. :)

Can anybody point me to how to show the headers? Thanks.

Answer 3

Are you seeing headers ("Title", "Modified", etc.) without the sorting and filtering capabilities or are you seeing no headers at all?

M.

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Answer 4

No headers at all.

Answer 5

Well, with no headers at all, you've done something long the way to remove them.  You have two options at this point:
* Recreate the DVWP
* Dive into the XSL and put in the headers

If you're interested in #2, it's not as hard as it may seem.  Here's and example of a dvt_1 template with the headers:

<xsl:template name="dvt_1">
  <xsl:variable name="dvt_StyleName">Table</xsl:variable>
  <xsl:variable name="Rows" select="/dsQueryResponse/Rows/Row"/>
  <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
   <tr valign="top">
     <xsl:if test="$dvt_1_automode = '1'" ddwrt:cf_ignore="1">
       <th class="ms-vh" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"></th>
     </xsl:if>
    <th class="ms-vh" nowrap="nowrap">Name (for use in forms)</th>
    <th class="ms-vh" nowrap="nowrap">Title</th>
    <th class="ms-vh" nowrap="nowrap">Comments</th>
    <th class="ms-vh" nowrap="nowrap">URL</th>
    <th class="ms-vh" nowrap="nowrap">Content Type</th>
   </tr>
   <xsl:call-template name="dvt_1.body">
     <xsl:with-param name="Rows" select="$Rows"/>
   </xsl:call-template>
  </table>
 </xsl:template>

M.

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