> Now the programming cost of allowing filtering by anything is minimal Only in simple CRUD applications where the data being displayed is a 1-1 with how the d

> Now the programming cost of allowing filtering by anything is minimal Only in simple CRUD applications where the data being displayed is a 1-1 with how the data is stored. In any non-trivial CRUD application this is not the case, and paging/filtering/sorting on a field that is being displayed quickly becomes non-trivial if you are trying to do it for every field.