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RE: Sort nodes

From: Peter Flynn <peter.nosp@-.--------.-->
To: NULL
Date: 12/9/2005 11:20:00 PM
 <> wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> Here's the XML taht I am trying to transform. Here's a concrete
> example:
> 
> <root>
> <car>
> <name>Ford</name>
> <myRating>1</myRating>
> <yourRating>3</yourRating>
> </car>
> 
> <car>
> <name>Mazda</name>
> <myRating>2</myRating>
> <yourRating>5</yourRating>
> </car>
> 
> <car>
> <name>Nissan</name>
> <myRating>3</myRating>
> <yourRating>2</yourRating>
> </car>
> </root>
> 
> Business requirement: If myRating is available, use that. Use
> yourRating iff myRating is not available.
> When I try to implement this logic in my XSLT (using
> <choose><when><otherwise>) to get 3 variables (let's say rating1,
> rating2, rating3, I get a node fragment of (let's say: rating).
> I am trying to sort on this rating.

I think you have to do two transforms to do this: one to generate
a single value to use as the sort key, and the second to do the
sorting. But maybe someone else can come up with a one-pass method.

///Peter
-- 
XML FAQ: http://xml.silmaril.ie/



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