8096016592d2f0e41b77c1203adc29119f7d5dc3
lrnassar
  Mon Oct 5 11:05:16 2020 -0700
Sorting sessions by creation date, by default refs #26075

diff --git src/hg/hgSession/hgSession.c src/hg/hgSession/hgSession.c
index a814a0d..c785d8a 100644
--- src/hg/hgSession/hgSession.c
+++ src/hg/hgSession/hgSession.c
@@ -288,31 +288,31 @@
 struct slName *existingSessionNames = NULL;
 struct sqlConnection *conn = hConnectCentral();
 struct sqlResult *sr = NULL;
 char **row = NULL;
 char query[512];
 boolean foundAny = FALSE;
 char *encUserName = cgiEncodeFull(userName);
 boolean gotSettings = (sqlFieldIndex(conn, namedSessionTable, "settings") >= 0);
 
 /* DataTables configuration: only allow ordering on session name, creation date, and database.
  * https://datatables.net/reference/option/columnDefs */
 jsInlineF(
         "if (theClient.isIePre11() === false)\n{\n"
         "$(document).ready(function () {\n"
         "    $('#sessionTable').DataTable({\"columnDefs\": [{\"orderable\":false, \"targets\":[0,4,5,6,7,8]}],\n"
-        "                                       \"order\":[1,'asc'],\n"
+        "                                       \"order\":[2,'desc'],\n"
         "                                       \"stateSave\":true,\n"
         "                                       \"stateSaveCallback\": %s,\n"
         "                                       \"stateLoadCallback\": %s\n"
         "                                 });\n"
         "} );\n"
         "}\n"
         , jsDataTableStateSave(hgSessionPrefix), jsDataTableStateLoad(hgSessionPrefix, cart));
 
 printf("<H3>My Sessions</H3>\n");
 printf("<div style=\"max-width:1024px\">");
 printf("<table id=\"sessionTable\" class=\"sessionTable stripe hover row-border compact\" borderwidth=0>\n");
 printf("<thead><tr>");
 printf("<TH><TD><B>session name (click to load)</B></TD><TD><B>created on</B></TD><td><b>assembly</b></td>"
        "<TD align=center><B>view/edit&nbsp;<BR>details&nbsp;</B></TD>"
        "<TD align=center><B>delete this&nbsp;<BR>session&nbsp;</B></TD>"