sorting problem with display tag: please help

[Varun Deep]

Hi 
 
I am using the display tag for displaying the employee names . I want to
short the names of the employee.
 
Following is the code that is in .jsp file.
 
<%@ taglib prefix="display" uri="http://displaytag.sf.net"%>
 
<display:table id="displaycolumn" name="listOfEmployee"
      pagesize="6" requestURI="searchEmployeeByDep.action"
      decorator="com.unclejis.action.restaurant.DisplayDecorator"
        align="left" sort="external" defaultsort="1" >
 
      <display:column property="name" title="Name" sortable="true" />
</display:table>
 
 
 
when I use the above code nothing is display. Can anyone please help me
to solve this problem. I will be vary thankful.
 
Thanks in advance
varun