RE: [xsl] windows-like table sorter

Subject: RE: [xsl] windows-like table sorter
From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 08:38:21 -0000
You'll find an working example stylesheet that does this sort of thing in
Appendix A of my XSLT Programmer's Reference (Wrox).

Michael Kay
Software AG
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Robert
> Sösemann
> Sent: 27 March 2002 19:13
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> Subject: [xsl] windows-like table sorter
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I want my XML source transform to an HTML table and add an Excel-like
> sorting mechanism.
> The XSL should provide the following features:
> - column header clickable (sort ascending/descending)
> - sort alphabetically when text, sort by number if number
>
>
> my XML source looks like this:
> ########################
>
> <result>
>     <header>
>         <column nr="1">ColumnA</column>
>         <column nr="2">ColumnB</column>
>         ...
>         <column nr="X">ColumnX</column>
>     </header>
>     <body>
>         <row>
>             <attribute nr="1">ValueA</attribute>    <!-- all
> values can be
> number or text you don't know it in advance -->
>             <attribute nr="2">ValueA</attribute>
>             ...
>             <attribute nr="X">ValueX</attribute>
>         </row>
>         ...more rows
>     </body>
> </result>
>
> When the user clicks a column header ColumnX (=a hyperlink)
> the same file
> (XSL called inside) should reload with this table sorted with ColumnX
> sorted as first key.
> When another column (e.g. ColumnY) is clicked it is again
> reloaded, and now
> should be sorted with ColumnX as first key and ColumnY as second key.
> This should be possibly for all columns.
>
> As well the stylesheet should check if the <attributes>'s
> text() is a number
> or text and use the right 'data-type' attribute.
>
> Can anybody help or knows where to find ready made compley
> xsl sorters?
>
> Thanks Robert
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