[xsl] Multiple Sorts problem

Subject: [xsl] Multiple Sorts problem
From: Jitu <jibhatia@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 22:09:44 +0530
I have following sort conditions :

<xsl:sort select="child::node()[position() = $sortColPos]" order="{$sOrder}"/> <xsl:sort select="child::node()[local-name() = $sortColName1]" order="{$sOrder}"/>
<xsl:sort select="child::node()[local-name() = $sortColName2]" />


If $sortColPos has a valid value like 1, 2 etc.. it works.
But if does not have a valid value..for example it has a "" or '1000000' (not valid for my case), then the sort conditions following it simply fail. They do not work.


What i want is that, if the $sortColPos has invalid value, the first sort should obviously not happen, but the two sorts statements following it should succeed.

The idea is i may either have the first SORT condition valid, OR the Two sort conditions following it valid. All three will never be valid. Since i cannot use sort statements within IF conditions...i put all of them one after another, assuming whichever conditio does not satisfy, that sort statement will simply be ignored.

Pls let me know your valuable inputs.

Thanks.



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