fix(plugin-chart-table): sort alphanumeric columns case insensitive (#17765)

superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-table/src/DataTable/DataTable.tsx

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import SelectPageSize, {
 import SimplePagination from './components/Pagination';
 import useSticky from './hooks/useSticky';
 import { PAGE_SIZE_OPTIONS } from '../consts';
+import { sortAlphanumericCaseInsensitive } from './utils/sortAlphanumericCaseInsensitive';
 
 export interface DataTableProps<D extends object> extends TableOptions<D> {
   tableClassName?: string;
@@ -68,6 +69,10 @@ export interface RenderHTMLCellProps extends HTMLProps<HTMLTableCellElement> {
   cellContent: ReactNode;
 }
 
+const sortTypes = {
+  alphanumeric: sortAlphanumericCaseInsensitive,
+};
+
 // Be sure to pass our updateMyData and the skipReset option
 export default function DataTable<D extends object>({
   tableClassName,
@@ -174,6 +179,7 @@ export default function DataTable<D extends object>({
       initialState,
       getTableSize: defaultGetTableSize,
       globalFilter: defaultGlobalFilter,
+      sortTypes,
       ...moreUseTableOptions,
     },
     ...tableHooks,

superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-table/src/DataTable/utils/sortAlphanumericCaseInsensitive.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
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+ */
+
+import { Row } from 'react-table';
+
+export const sortAlphanumericCaseInsensitive = <D extends {}>(
+  rowA: Row<D>,
+  rowB: Row<D>,
+  columnId: string,
+) => {
+  const valueA = rowA.values[columnId];
+  const valueB = rowB.values[columnId];
+
+  if (!valueA || typeof valueA !== 'string') {
+    return -1;
+  }
+  if (!valueB || typeof valueB !== 'string') {
+    return 1;
+  }
+  return valueA.localeCompare(valueB) > 0 ? 1 : -1;
+};