Refs #2754: fixing direction param switch, on sorting table columns

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/app/helpers/newapplication_helper.rb b/app/helpers/newapplication_helper.rb
index e52f0320f..dc16166e1 100644
--- a/app/helpers/newapplication_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/newapplication_helper.rb
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ module NewapplicationHelper
   end
 
   def sortable_columns collection, key
-    direction = (key == params[:sort] && params[:direction] == 'desc') ? 'asc' : 'desc'
+    direction = (key.to_s == params[:sort] && params[:direction] == 'desc') ? 'asc' : 'desc'
+
     link_to(params.merge({direction: direction, sort: key})) do
       pic1 = content_tag :span, '', class: "fa fa-sort-asc #{(direction == 'desc') ? 'active' : ''}"
       pic2 = content_tag :span, '', class: "fa fa-sort-desc #{(direction == 'asc') ? 'active' : ''}"