Using Torque 3.0

Hello,
I have read over the various posts concerning
addDescendingOrderByColumn method not working when building a Criteria
object. If I do not include the addDescendingOrderByColumn or
addAscendingOrderByColumn, the sql works fine(but does not order of
course). When I add it back, a NullPointerException is thrown when
doSelect() is executed.
The column I am sorting on is a String. I noticed when stepping
through in debug mode, right after the
criteria.add(PersonRolePeer.PERSON_REL_PER_ID, getId()); , the
Criteria object inspection correctly prints out a select statement,
but after executing the addAscendingOrderByColumn line, the criteria
select statement seems blank.

Per the past posts:
I checked and the db name is set in the schema.xml. The db adapter is
also correct in the torque.properties file.

As you can see, in the commented out code , I tried a work around of a
custom criteria which I didn't get working yet either. I'd really like
to use the torque method though instead of a custom criteria. Any
ideas?
Thanks,
Kathy Stone

========schema.xml table entry=========
   <table name="PERSON_REL_VW" javaName="PersonRole">
        <column name="PERSON_REL_ID" type="DECIMAL" javaName="RoleId"/>
        <column name="PERSON_REL_PER_ID" size="10" type="INTEGER"
javaName="ParentId"/>
        <column name="PERSON_REL_ENTITIY_ID" size="10" type="INTEGER"
javaName="ChildId"/>
        <column name="PERSON_REL_ENTITY_TYPE" size="17" type="VARCHAR"
javaName="ChildEntityType"/>
        <column name="PERSON_REL_ENTITY_NAME" size="64" type="VARCHAR"
javaName="ChildName"/>
        <column name="PERSON_REL_REL_DESC" size="64" type="VARCHAR"
javaName="RoleDesc"/>
    </table>
=====String defs and relevant method in Person.java=====
        private static final String
SORT_ENTITY_TYPE_COL="PersonRolePeer.PERSON_REL_ENTITY_TYPE";
        private static final String
SORT_ENTITIY_ID_COL="PersonRolePeer.PERSON_REL_ENTITIY_ID";
        private static final String
SORT_ENTITY_NAME_COL="PersonRolePeer.PERSON_REL_ENTITY_NAME";
        private static final String
SORT_ROLE_DESC="PersonRolePeer.PERSON_REL_REL_DESC";
        /*private static final String 
SORT_ENTITY_TYPE_COL="PERSON_REL_ENTITY_TYPE";
        private static final String SORT_ENTITIY_ID_COL="PERSON_REL_ENTITIY_ID";
        private static final String 
SORT_ENTITY_NAME_COL="PERSON_REL_ENTITY_NAME";
        private static final String SORT_ROLE_DESC="PERSON_REL_REL_DESC";*/
.........
        public List getRels(String sortOrder, String sortCol) throws 
TorqueException{

                List relList=null;
                Criteria criteria = new Criteria();
                
                String sortColName = SORT_ENTITY_TYPE_COL;
                if (sortCol.equalsIgnoreCase("EntityType"))
                        sortColName = SORT_ENTITY_TYPE_COL;
                else if(sortCol.equalsIgnoreCase("RelatedTo"))
                        sortColName = SORT_ENTITIY_ID_COL;
                else if(sortCol.equalsIgnoreCase("Description"))
                        sortColName = SORT_ENTITY_NAME_COL;
                else if(sortCol.equalsIgnoreCase("Relationship"))
                        sortColName = SORT_ROLE_DESC;
                        
                        //String sortOrderStrAsc = "ORDER BY " + sortColName + 
" ASC";
                        //String sortOrderStrDesc = "ORDER BY " + sortColName + 
" DESC";
                        

                if(sortOrder.equalsIgnoreCase("A")){
                        criteria.add(PersonRolePeer.PERSON_REL_PER_ID, getId());
                    
//criteria.add(PersonRolePeer.PERSON_REL_PER_ID,(Object)sortOrderStrAsc,
Criteria.CUSTOM);
                        //addAscendingOrderByColumn throws null pointer 
exception... ugh
                        criteria.addAscendingOrderByColumn(sortColName);
                        relList = PersonRolePeer.doSelect(criteria);
                }else
                {
                        criteria.add(PersonRolePeer.PERSON_REL_PER_ID, getId());
                        criteria.addDescendingOrderByColumn(sortColName);
                        
//criteria.add(PersonRolePeer.PERSON_REL_PER_ID,(Object)sortOrderStrDesc,       
Criteria.CUSTOM);
                        relList = PersonRolePeer.doSelect(criteria);
                }
                return relList;

        }

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