in ruby i can define my table in the database and the generated html is in the same order like the db.
there is no sort in grails or i am not understanding it.

By default, the Grails scaffolding sorts the columns (i.e., the domain class attributes) in alphabetical order. If you’d like to define your own ordering and still use the scaffolding, you can do so via the constraints as described here.

I hope this helps.

Cheers,
Jason