Sorting a table in asp.net MVC

I was wondering how people were going about sorting a table in asp.net mvc? I've heard of javascript solutions that work pretty well with non-paged tables, such as jquery's table sorter, but i need a solution that will work with paged tables. The project I'm working on currently uses the following solution, but I find it very messy. Controller ``` public ActionResult Sort(string parameter) { IEnumerable<IProduct> list; if (Session["Model"] != null) list = (IEnumerable<IProduct>)Session["Model"]).ToList<IProduct>(); else list = _service.GetAll(); if (Session["parameter"] == null && Session["sortDirection"] == null) { //set the parameter and set the sort to desc Session["parameter"] = parameter; Session["sortDirection"] = "DESC"; } else if (Session["parameter"] != null) //already set so not the first time { //same parameter sent if (Session["parameter"].ToString().Equals(parameter)) { //check sort direction and reverse if (Session["sortDirection"].ToString().Equals("DESC")) Session["sortDirection"] = "ASC"; else Session["sortDirection"] = "DESC"; } else //different parameter sent { Session["sortDirection"] = "DESC"; Session["parameter"] = parameter; } } if (Session["sortDirection"].CompareTo("ASC") == 0) list = Models.ContollerHelpers.SortingHelper.OrderBy(list.AsQueryable(), column); else list = Models.ContollerHelpers.SortingHelper.OrderByDescending(list.AsQueryable(), column); return View("Results", list.ToList); } ``` Helper ``` public class Helper() { private static IOrderedQueryable<T> OrderingHelper<T>(IQueryable<T> source, string propertyName, bool descending, bool anotherLevel) { ParameterExpression param = Expression.Parameter(typeof(T), string.Empty); // I don't care about some naming MemberExpression property = Expression.PropertyOrField(param, propertyName); LambdaExpression sort = Expression.Lambda(property, param); MethodCallExpression call = Expression.Call( typeof(Queryable), (!anotherLevel ? "OrderBy" : "ThenBy") + (descending ? "Descending" : string.Empty), new[] { typeof(T), property.Type }, source.Expression, Expression.Quote(sort)); return (IOrderedQueryable<T>)source.Provider.CreateQuery<T>(call); } public static IOrderedQueryable<T> OrderBy<T>(this IQueryable<T> source, string propertyName) { return OrderingHelper(source, propertyName, false, false); } public static IOrderedQueryable<T> OrderByDescending<T>(this IQueryable<T> source, string propertyName) { return OrderingHelper(source, propertyName, true, false); } public static IOrderedQueryable<T> ThenBy<T>(this IOrderedQueryable<T> source, string propertyName) { return OrderingHelper(source, propertyName, false, true); } public static IOrderedQueryable<T> ThenByDescending<T>(this IOrderedQueryable<T> source, string propertyName) { return OrderingHelper(source, propertyName, true, true); } } ``` List View ``` <%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<IEnumerable<Models.Interface.IProduct>>" %> <% Session["model"] = Model; %> <table> <tr> <th> Edit Details </th> <th> <%=Html.ActionLink("Id","Sort",new {parameter ="Id"}) %> </th> <th> <%=Html.ActionLink("Name", "Sort", new { parameter = "Name"})%> </th> <th> <%=Html.ActionLink("Status", "Sort", new { parameter = "Status" })%> </th> <th> <%=Html.ActionLink("Notes", "Sort", new { parameter = "Notes"})%> </th> </tr> <% foreach (var item in Model){ %> <tr> <td> <%= Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { id=item.Id }) %> | </td> <td> <%= Html.Encode(item.Id) %> </td> <td> <%= Html.Encode(item.Name) %> </td> <td> <%= Html.Encode(item.Status) %> </td> <td> <%= Html.Encode(item.Notes) %> </td> </tr> <% } %> </table> ``` Is this the only way of doing something like this? If anyone knows of a nicer way that doesn't involve having all of the records being loaded to a page at once then please link to examples.