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Re: dynamic sort

From: "Joe Fawcett" <joefawcett@-------.--->
To: NULL
Date: 9/6/2004 9:06:00 AM
"Michael Frost" <frostbox@h...> wrote in message
news:341571de.0409051954.397b5f90@p......
> How can I pass different expressions as a variable to xsl:sort, like:
>
>   expression 1 : *[name()='myval']
>   expression 2 : tree1/tree2[somenode='someval']/tree3/someothernode
>
> making this sorting possible:
>
>   ..
>   <xsl:variable name="v_sort" select=" -->expression<-- "/>
>
>   <xsl:for-each select="mynodeset">
>   <xsl:sort select="$v_sort"/>
>   ..
>   </xsl:for-each>
>
>
> Both expressions works fine when inserted directly into the sort!
> I know that xsl variables cannot be passed directly to xsl:sort, but
> is there some other solution or workaround to this problem?
Workaround:

Modify the sort-select attribute before invoking the stylesheet using DOM
methods.

pseudo-code

load stylesheet
add namespace identifier for xsl
select sort element  (xsl:sort[1] for example)
set select attribute sort.setAttribute("select", ...)
invoke transform

-- 

Joe (MVP - xml)


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