>>So, as mentioned, you are NOT looping thru the sorted DataView (oDataView) but thru oData
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>Yes, that is correct. I just can't figure out why this is working when I create the dataset manually but have to use the dataview approach when the dataset has been created from a SQL select.

Nothing to do with SQL. If you want to iterate the table in the DataView order you need to use the DataView NOT the table