Sheela,
Try this:

<xsl:for-each select="ANNOTATIONDATA/ANNOTATIONS/ANNOTATION">
<xsl:sort select="descendant-or-self::*[name() = $SortCol]"
order="{$SortOrd}"
data-type="{$SortType}"/>

The "descendant-or-self" will select both the context node and the
child nodes.

-Anuradha

sheela.37@g... wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have an issue regarding xsl sort.
> I have implemented the following lines for sort :
>
> <xsl:for-each select="ANNOTATIONDATA/ANNOTATIONS/ANNOTATION">
> <xsl:sort select="*[name() = $SortCol]" order="{$SortOrd}"
> data-type="{$SortType}"/>
>
> This works fine if i loop through
> ANNOTATIONDATA/ANNOTATIONS/ANNOTATIONS but my sort condition also
> involves the childnodes of  EXTENDEDITEMS (Supposing the column header
> includes ENTEREDBYNAME, ANNOTATIONTEXT, EXPDATE and TEXT).
> Now i need the SortCol to be validated against both main loop of
> ANNOTATIONS and also the childnodes of EXTENDEDITEMS.
>
> My xml looks like this.
>
>
> <ANNOTATIONDATA>
> 	<EXTENDEDITEMSDEFINITION>
> 		<EXPDATE ItemName="expdate" SummaryLabel="expdate" ItemType="DT" />
> 		<TEXT ItemName="Text" SummaryLabel="Te" ItemType="TX" />
> 	</EXTENDEDITEMSDEFINITION>
> 	<ANNOTATIONS>
> 		<ANNOTATIONS>
> 			<ANNOTATIONID>1305</ANNOTATIONID>
> 			<ENTEREDDATETIME>11 Dec 2006 17:11</ENTEREDDATETIME>
> 			<ENTEREDBYNAME>Jill</ENTEREDBYNAME>
> 			<ANNOTATIONTEXT>expdate: &lt;b&gt;11 Dec 2006&lt;</ANNOTATIONTEXT>
> 			<EXTENDEDITEMS>
> 				<EXPDATE>
> 					<EXTITEMDATAID>8826</EXTITEMDATAID>
> 					<EXTENDEDITEMID>162</EXTENDEDITEMID>
> 					<ITEMTYPE>DT</ITEMTYPE>
> 					<ITEMCODE>expdate</ITEMCODE>
> 				</EXPDATE>
> 				<TEXT>
> 					<EXTITEMDATAID>8827</EXTITEMDATAID>
> 					<EXTENDEDITEMID>165</EXTENDEDITEMID>
> 					<ITEMTYPE>TX</ITEMTYPE>
> 					<ITEMCODE>Text</ITEMCODE>
> 				</TEXT>
> 			</EXTENDEDITEMS>
> 			<EXPIREDIND>0</EXPIREDIND>
> 		</ANNOTATION>
> 		<ANNOTATION>
> 			<ANNOTATIONID>1379</ANNOTATIONID>
> 			<ENTEREDDATETIME>11 Dec 2006 17:07</ENTEREDDATETIME>
> 			<ENTEREDBYNAME>Jack</ENTEREDBYNAME>
> 			<ANNOTATIONTEXT>expdate: &lt;b&gt;11 </ANNOTATIONTEXT>
> 			<EXTENDEDITEMS>
> 				<EXPDATE>
> 					<EXTITEMDATAID>8822</EXTITEMDATAID>
> 					<EXTENDEDITEMID>162</EXTENDEDITEMID>
> 					<ITEMTYPE>DT</ITEMTYPE>
> 					<ITEMCODE>expdate</ITEMCODE>
> 				</EXPDATE>
> 			</EXTENDEDITEMS>
> 			<EXPIREDIND>0</EXPIREDIND>
> 		</ANNOTATION>
> 	</ANNOTATIONS>
> </ANNOTATIONDATA>
> 
> Do anyone have any idea regarding this issue????