Number sorting in list grid column

[vgattani]

I am using a listGrid , that has a column called "Employee Id"; this column will always contain an integer.

If I define column type:"integer", the client side sorting works fine.
But I want this column as the link. Is there any way by which this column is a link but when I do sorting, it is the number sorting and not the text sorting ?

Also one of my field id of type "date", but when I do the sorting it is based on text sorting. How can I avoid it ?

[Isomorphic]

You can declare the field as type "integer" is a DataSource, the declare the ListGridField as type "link".

Alternatively, provide a CellFormatter that writes our your own HTML link tag (<a>).