Thanks a lot Martin. It was exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks again for your time.
"Martin Honnen" <mahotrash@y...> wrote in message 
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> Gobinath wrote:
>
>> How do I group xml nodes by their attributes.
>
> Here is an example stylesheet:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet
>   xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>   version="1.0">
>
> <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
>
> <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
>
> <xsl:key name="App-By-Status" match="App" use="concat(generate-id(..), 
> '_', @Status)"/>
>
> <xsl:template match="@* | node()">
>   <xsl:copy>
>     <xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()"/>
>   </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="Root/*">
>   <xsl:copy>
>     <xsl:apply-templates select="App[generate-id() = 
> generate-id(key('App-By-Status', concat(generate-id(current()), '_', 
> @Status))[1])]" mode="group"/>
>   </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="App" mode="group">
>   <xsl:element name="{@Status}">
>     <xsl:apply-templates select="key('App-By-Status', 
> concat(generate-id(..), '_', @Status))"/>
>   </xsl:element>
> </xsl:template>
>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> You can find more explanations about grouping in XSLT here:
>   <http://www.jenitennison.com/xslt/grouping/index.xml>
>
>
>
>
> -- 
>
> Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
> http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/