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RE: Three questions on sorting..
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- Subject: RE: [xsl] Three questions on sorting..
- From: "Tim" <xsl at cheekymail dot net>
- Date: 20 Jun 2001 15:11:11 -0000
- Reply-To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
Nope. I did not want to disturb you guys again but 3 after three hours
of trying, I've run out of aspirin.....
Got sorting by a varibale going, easy with Mike's example. I've had a
good look throught the FAQ's again but nothing similar to the sort by
external elements. I copied Mike's other example and changed it a bit:
......snip......
<xsl:variable name="manExt" select="document('manufacturers.xml')"/>
..................
<xsl:when test="$orderBy='manufacturer'">
<xsl:for-each select="car">
<xsl:variable name="manId"><xsl:value-of select="normalize-space
(manufacturer)"/></xsl:variable>
<xsl:sort select="$manExt/manufacturers/manufacturer
[@ID=$manId]/name"/>
<tr>
<td>
<xsl:value-of
select="$manExt/manufacturers/manufacturer[@ID=$manId]/name/text()"/>
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="normalize-space
(model)"/>
</td>
<td>
£<xsl:value-of select="normalize-space
(price)"/>
</td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:when>
.......snip........
The xsl:value-of for the external manufacturer name works OK but the
sorting does not sort.
Any more ideas would be lovely.
Thanks again,
Tim.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com]On Behalf Of Tim
> > Sent: 20 June 2001 10:58
> > To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> > Subject: [xsl] Three questions on sorting..
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > XML/XSL is below. These problems are causing a very red forehead
> > (since I keep banging it on the table in confusion!)
> >
> > 1. Why does the <xsl:sort/> cause a "tr is not allowed in
> > this position
> > in the stylesheet" error? If I take the sorting tags out, it
> > is quite
> > happy.
>
> The xsl:sort element should be empty, and should precede the <tr>
element.
> >
> > 2. Can the <xsl:sort/> use a variable directly? e.g. <xsl:sort
> > select="$orderBy"><xsl:sort> I'll try it myself when I can get the
> > answer to question 1!
>
> This is a FAQ. The value of $orderBy doesn't depend on the current
node, so
> you'll get the same sort key value for every node. You probably want
> select="*[name()=$orderBy]".
> >
> > 3. I would like to sort by manufacturer name but it is in an
external
> > file. Is there a way of ordering by the <name/> of the
> > manufacture? I
> > can order by the manufacturer ID but not the external name.
>
> You can do something like
>
> <xsl:sort select="document('manufacturers.xml')/manufacturer
[id=$id]/name"/>
>
> Mike Kay
> Software AG
>
>
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