diff --git a/pglab/CustomDataRole.h b/pglab/CustomDataRole.h
index 84f19c3..04dc447 100644
--- a/pglab/CustomDataRole.h
+++ b/pglab/CustomDataRole.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ enum CustomDataRole {
 	CustomDataTypeRole = Qt::UserRole, ///< Requist the basic type of the value
 	CustomReferencedTypeRole, ///<
     CustomDataMeaningRole,
+    CustomSortRole, // return data in a form that will sort correctly
     // Add other enum before this one as we might want to have multiple hidden values
 	FirstHiddenValue, ///< Used to request value from a model which is not handed to the view
 };
diff --git a/pglab/QueryResultModel.cpp b/pglab/QueryResultModel.cpp
index 624b809..360a00c 100644
--- a/pglab/QueryResultModel.cpp
+++ b/pglab/QueryResultModel.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "Pgsql_declare.h"
 #include "Pgsql_oids.h"
 #include "catalog/PgDatabaseCatalog.h"
+#include "CustomDataRole.h"
 #include <QBrush>
 #include <QColor>
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ QVariant QueryResultModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	else if (role == Qt::UserRole) {
+    else if (role == CustomDataTypeRole) {
 		v = oid;
 	}
 
diff --git a/pglab/crud/CrudModel.cpp b/pglab/crud/CrudModel.cpp
index fec8ab5..7ef5cac 100644
--- a/pglab/crud/CrudModel.cpp
+++ b/pglab/crud/CrudModel.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "catalog/PgConstraintContainer.h"
 #include "SqlFormattingUtils.h"
 #include "Pgsql_oids.h"
+#include "CustomDataRole.h"
 #include <QtConcurrent>
 #include <QFuture>
 #include <QFutureWatcher>
@@ -124,37 +125,79 @@ CrudModel::Value CrudModel::getSavedData(const RowMapping &row_mapping, int colu
     return val.value_or(Value());
 }
 
+QVariant StringToVariant(const std::string &str, Oid oid)
+{
+    Pgsql::Value v(str.c_str(), oid);
+    switch (oid) {
+        default:
+            return QString::fromStdString(str);
+
+        case Pgsql::timestamp_oid:
+        case Pgsql::timestamptz_oid:
+            return v.operator QDateTime();
+
+        case Pgsql::date_oid:
+            return v.operator QDate();
+
+        case Pgsql::time_oid:
+        case Pgsql::timetz_oid:
+            return v.operator QTime();
+
+        case Pgsql::int2_oid:
+            return v.operator int16_t();
+
+        case Pgsql::int4_oid:
+            return v.operator int32_t();
+
+        case Pgsql::oid_oid:
+        case Pgsql::int8_oid:
+            return v.operator int64_t();
+
+        case Pgsql::bool_oid:
+            return v.operator bool();
+
+        case Pgsql::float4_oid:
+            return v.operator float();
+
+        case Pgsql::float8_oid:
+            return v.operator double();
+    }
+
+}
+
 QVariant CrudModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
 {
-	QVariant v;
-	if (role == Qt::EditRole) {
+    Oid typ = getType(index.column());
+    if (role == Qt::EditRole || role == Qt::DisplayRole)
+    {
         auto value = getLatestData(index);
-		if (value) {
-			QString s = QString::fromUtf8(value->c_str());
-			v = s;
-		}
+        if (value) {
+            if (role == Qt::EditRole)
+                return QString::fromUtf8(value->c_str());
+            else
+            {
+                if (typ == Pgsql::bool_oid)
+                    return *value == "t"; //s = (s == "t") ? "TRUE" : "FALSE";
+                else
+                {
+                    QString s = QString::fromUtf8(value->c_str());
+                    s.truncate(256);
+                    return s;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    else if (role == CustomDataTypeRole)
+        return typ;
+    else if (role == CustomSortRole)
+    {
+        auto value = getLatestData(index);
+        if (value) {
+            return StringToVariant(value->c_str(), typ);
+        }
+    }
 
-	}
-	else if (role == Qt::DisplayRole) {
-        auto value = getLatestData(index);
-		if (value) {
-			Oid o = m_roData->type(index.column());
-			if (o == Pgsql::bool_oid) {
-				v = *value == "t"; //s = (s == "t") ? "TRUE" : "FALSE";
-			}
-			else {
-				QString s = QString::fromUtf8(value->c_str());
-				if (s.length() > 256) {
-					s.truncate(256);
-				}
-				v = s;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	else if (role == Qt::UserRole) {
-		v = getType(index.column());
-	}
-	return v;
+    return {};
 }
 
 void CrudModel::loadData()
@@ -367,7 +410,7 @@ std::tuple<QString, Pgsql::Params> CrudModel::createInsertQuery(const PendingRow
 	for (size_t p = 2; p <= data.size(); ++p)
 		q << ",$" << p;
 	q << ") RETURNING *";
-	for (auto e : data) {
+    for (auto& e : data) {
 		params.add(e.second, getType(e.first));
 	}
 	q.flush();
@@ -480,7 +523,6 @@ std::tuple<bool, QString> CrudModel::removeRows(const std::set<IntegerRange<int>
 		// First delete rows in table
 		QString delete_statement = createDeleteStatement();
 		{
-			db_update_conn.query("BEGIN;");
 			auto tx = Pgsql::Transaction::startTransaction(db_update_conn);
 			for (auto range : row_ranges) {
 				for (int current_row = range.start(); current_row < range.end(); ++current_row) {
diff --git a/pglab/crud/CrudTab.cpp b/pglab/crud/CrudTab.cpp
index 03091fc..6329535 100644
--- a/pglab/crud/CrudTab.cpp
+++ b/pglab/crud/CrudTab.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "CrudTab.h"
 #include "ui_CrudTab.h"
 #include "CrudModel.h"
+#include "CustomDataRole.h"
 #include "ResultTableModelUtil.h"
 #include "PgLabItemDelegate.h"
 #include "IntegerRange.h"
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ CrudTab::CrudTab(IDatabaseWindow *context, QWidget *parent)
 
     m_SortFilterProxy = new QSortFilterProxyModel(this);
     m_SortFilterProxy->setSourceModel(m_crudModel);
+    m_SortFilterProxy->setSortRole(CustomSortRole);
     ui->tableView->setModel(m_SortFilterProxy);
     ui->tableView->setSortingEnabled(true);