Re: [xsl] attribute order

[Peter Davis <pdavis152 at attbi dot com>]

On Friday 22 February 2002 02:03, Andy Joslin wrote:
> Hi Peter
>
> I've just tried rearranging the attributes and the processor (in my case,
> Xalan/Xerces) does seem to respect the order..

If it works it works :)  I was speaking from my past experience trying to 
solve the same problem, but unfortunately I can't remember which processor 
that was...  Thanks for the excellent observation, which I will be sure to 
remember in case I encounter this problem again.

>
> e.g.
>
> <xsl:attribute name="width">580</xsl:attribute>
> <xsl:attribute name="cellpadding">0</xsl:attribute>
> <xsl:attribute name="cellspacing">0</xsl:attribute>
> <xsl:attribute name="border">0</xsl:attribute>
>
> becomes...
>
> <table width="580" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
>
>
> I can't speak for other processors, but this works for me. I don't know
> what setup Meltem is using, but it would be interesting to see if this
> behaviour is consistent across implementations.
>
>
> cheers
>
>
> Andy
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Davis [mailto:pdavis152@attbi.com]
> Sent: 21 February 2002 19:34
> To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> Subject: Re: [xsl] attribute order
>
>
>
> It was my experience that processors that change the order tend to
> alphabetize the attributes, or, if the processor happens to store the
> attributes in a hash-map of some kind, seemingly random order.  Have you
> tried if rearranging the attribute-set has the same effect in the output?
>
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