Re: [xsl] xsl:number useless with xsl:sort?

[Oleg Tkachenko <olegt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jan Krattiger wrote:

> i use xsl:sort to sort the output. now i need something like xsl:number to
> give the elements numbers from 1-n, but i need the sorted one to be
> numbered.
> xsl:number uses the unsorted, "original" xml to number. one possiblity would
> be sorting the xml before transforming... but that not possible in my case..
>
> does anyone have a solution?

Well, temporary tree aka result tree fragment? That's obviously not a very 
effective, but at least simple and clear solution - first sort to the 
variable, then convert it to a nodeset and process using xsl:number.

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Oleg Tkachenko
eXperanto team
Multiconn Technologies, Israel


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