Re: [xsl] Passing Parameters to xsl:sort

Subject: Re: [xsl] Passing Parameters to xsl:sort
From: "Fr\id\iric SCHWEBEL" <schwebel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 17:28:17 +0200
after the select, the XSL processor waits for an XPath expression. And as it
is written on DaveP's excellent FAQ :
XSLT can't build XPath expressions from a variable.
http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/nono.html#d44e9002
So I think it's the reason (but i'm not sure).

Fred

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brucato, Greg" <GBrucato@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 5:01 PM
Subject: [xsl] Passing Parameters to xsl:sort


> I am trying to pass a parameter to control the sorting of report output. I
> can pass the parameter to the 'order' attribute, but passing a parameter
to
> the 'select' attribute does not seem to work.
>
> <xsl:param name="order">descending</xsl:param>
> <xsl:param name="sort-value">trunk-group-type</xsl:param>
>
>  ...
>
> <xsl:sort select="$sort-value" order="{$order}"/>
>
>
>
>  XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
>
>


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