diff --git a/eslint.config.js b/eslint.config.js
index 97718a1..9f0f19f 100644
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ export default antfu({
     'src-tauri/gen/**',
   ],
   rules: {
+    // AGENTS.md prefers const-arrow declarations; the antfu preset's
+    // top-level-function rule enforces the opposite
+    'antfu/top-level-function': 'off',
     'no-console': 'warn',
     'unused-imports/no-unused-vars': 'warn',
     'style/eol-last': ['error', 'always'],
diff --git a/src/__tests__/gridSort.test.ts b/src/__tests__/gridSort.test.ts
index d077bba..b202126 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/gridSort.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/gridSort.test.ts
@@ -54,11 +54,31 @@ describe('isSortableColumn', () => {
   })
 })
 
-describe('compareSortValues', () => {
-  it('orders numbers numerically', () => {
-    expect(compareSortValues(2, 10, 'integer')).toBeLessThan(0)
-    expect(compareSortValues(10, 2, 'integer')).toBeGreaterThan(0)
-    expect(compareSortValues(2, 2, 'integer')).toBe(0)
+describe('mixed-type columns', () => {
+  it('compares an untyped number+string column by one fixed kind (numbers first)', () => {
+    const rows = [
+      { v: 'abc' },
+      { v: 10 },
+      { v: 2 },
+      { v: null },
+    ]
+    const sorted = sortRowsByState(rows, [{ column: 'v', direction: 'ASC' }])
+    expect(sorted.map(r => r.v)).toEqual([2, 10, 'abc', null])
+  })
+
+  it('keeps the comparator symmetric on mixed columns', () => {
+    // per-cell kind resolution made compare(a,b) !== -compare(b,a) here
+    expect(compareSortValues('10', 9, 'number')).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+    expect(compareSortValues(9, '10', 'number')).toBeLessThan(0)
+  })
+
+  it('declared type wins over value kinds', () => {
+    const rows = [
+      { v: '9' },
+      { v: '10' },
+    ]
+    const sorted = sortRowsByState(rows, [{ column: 'v', direction: 'ASC' }], { v: 'integer' })
+    expect(sorted.map(r => r.v)).toEqual(['9', '10'])
   })
 
   it('compares numeric strings with a numeric column type', () => {
diff --git a/src/utils/gridSort.ts b/src/utils/gridSort.ts
index 25c3f24..ba21cc1 100644
--- a/src/utils/gridSort.ts
+++ b/src/utils/gridSort.ts
@@ -54,18 +54,65 @@ export function collectSortableColumns(
 
 type SortValueKind = 'boolean' | 'number' | 'date' | 'string'
 
-/** Resolve how a cell should be compared, preferring the declared column type. */
-function resolveSortKind(value: unknown, columnType?: string): SortValueKind {
+/**
+ * Fixed ordering across kinds, so a column holding mixed primitive types
+ * (SQLite's dynamic typing makes this routine) still yields ONE comparator.
+ * The kind is resolved per column, never per cell — per-cell resolution
+ * breaks comparator symmetry and flips order between passes.
+ */
+const KIND_PRECEDENCE: Record<SortValueKind, number> = { number: 0, boolean: 1, date: 2, string: 3 }
+
+/** Kind fixed by the declared column type, if it names one. */
+const resolveDeclaredKind = (columnType?: string): SortValueKind | null => {
   const type = (columnType ?? '').trim()
-  if (BOOLEAN_TYPE_PATTERN.test(type) || typeof value === 'boolean')
+  if (BOOLEAN_TYPE_PATTERN.test(type))
     return 'boolean'
-  if (NUMERIC_TYPE_PATTERN.test(type) || typeof value === 'number')
+  if (NUMERIC_TYPE_PATTERN.test(type))
     return 'number'
   if (DATE_TYPE_PATTERN.test(type))
     return 'date'
+  return null
+}
+
+/** Kind of a value when no usable type is declared; strings are never date-sniffed. */
+const resolveValueKind = (value: unknown): SortValueKind => {
+  if (typeof value === 'boolean')
+    return 'boolean'
+  if (typeof value === 'number')
+    return 'number'
   return 'string'
 }
 
+const kindFromToken = (kindOrType?: string): SortValueKind => {
+  if (kindOrType && (kindOrType === 'boolean' || kindOrType === 'number' || kindOrType === 'date' || kindOrType === 'string'))
+    return kindOrType
+  return resolveDeclaredKind(kindOrType) ?? 'string'
+}
+
+/** One kind for the whole column: declared type wins, otherwise the highest-precedence kind present. */
+const resolveColumnKind = (
+  rows: readonly Record<string, unknown>[],
+  column: string,
+  columnType?: string,
+): SortValueKind => {
+  const declared = resolveDeclaredKind(columnType)
+  if (declared)
+    return declared
+  let best = 'string' as SortValueKind
+  for (const row of rows) {
+    const value = row[column]
+    if (value === null || value === undefined || typeof value === 'object')
+      continue
+    const kind = resolveValueKind(value)
+    if (KIND_PRECEDENCE[kind] < KIND_PRECEDENCE[best]) {
+      best = kind
+      if (best === 'number')
+        break
+    }
+  }
+  return best
+}
+
 function toBoolean(value: unknown): boolean {
   return value === true
     || value === 1
@@ -102,7 +149,7 @@ function compareDates(a: unknown, b: unknown): number {
  * Ascending comparison for two primitive cell values.
  * NULL/undefined always sort after real values in ascending order.
  */
-export function compareSortValues(a: unknown, b: unknown, columnType?: string): number {
+export function compareSortValues(a: unknown, b: unknown, kindOrType?: string): number {
   const aNull = a === null || a === undefined
   const bNull = b === null || b === undefined
   if (aNull && bNull)
@@ -112,7 +159,7 @@ export function compareSortValues(a: unknown, b: unknown, columnType?: string):
   if (bNull)
     return -1
 
-  switch (resolveSortKind(a, columnType)) {
+  switch (kindFromToken(kindOrType)) {
     case 'boolean':
       return (toBoolean(a) ? 1 : 0) - (toBoolean(b) ? 1 : 0)
     case 'number':
@@ -136,11 +183,16 @@ export function sortRowsByState<T extends Record<string, unknown>>(
   if (rows.length === 0 || sortState.length === 0)
     return [...rows]
 
+  const kinds = new Map(sortState.map(rule => [
+    rule.column,
+    resolveColumnKind(rows, rule.column, columnTypes[rule.column]),
+  ]))
+
   return rows
     .map((row, index) => ({ row, index }))
     .sort((a, b) => {
       for (const rule of sortState) {
-        const result = compareSortValues(a.row[rule.column], b.row[rule.column], columnTypes[rule.column])
+        const result = compareSortValues(a.row[rule.column], b.row[rule.column], kinds.get(rule.column))
         if (result !== 0)
           return rule.direction === 'DESC' ? -result : result
       }