[xsl] xsl:sort working for xsl:for-each but not for xsl:apply-templates

["Nestor Urquiza" <nestor.urquiza@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone. Please take a look to the xml and xsl and let me know what I am
missing ... When I use as in the example below xsl:apply-templates I always
get as result "Start","MotoGP 1" no matter how the sorting order is defined.
If I use xsl:for-each the sort works .... 

Thanks in advance
Nestor

XML
-----
<ApplicationCatalogue name="35000_truetones">
	<Category name="dorna" description="">
		<Product code="TT070000004" position="1">
			<Alias isDefault="true">
				<Name>START</Name>
				<Extra></Extra>
			</Alias>
			<Attributes>
	
<OTAobject_general_title>Start</OTAobject_general_title>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_rights>Dorna</OTAobject_otaother_rights>
	
<OTAobject_general_name>TT070000004</OTAobject_general_name>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_namepreview>Start</OTAobject_otaother_namepreview>
	
<OTAobject_general_language>0</OTAobject_general_language>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_direct>1</OTAobject_otaother_direct>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_author>Artist4</OTAobject_otaother_author>
	
<OTAobject_otadescr_type>truetones</OTAobject_otadescr_type>
	
<OTAobject_general_category></OTAobject_general_category>
			</Attributes>
		</Product>
		<Product code="TT070000002" position="2">
			<Alias isDefault="true">
				<Name>MOTO2</Name>
				<Extra></Extra>
			</Alias>
			<Attributes>
				<OTAobject_general_title>MotoGP
2</OTAobject_general_title>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_rights>Dorna</OTAobject_otaother_rights>
	
<OTAobject_general_name>TT070000002</OTAobject_general_name>
				<OTAobject_otaother_namepreview>MotoGP
2</OTAobject_otaother_namepreview>
	
<OTAobject_general_language>0</OTAobject_general_language>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_direct>1</OTAobject_otaother_direct>
	
<OTAobject_otadescr_type>truetones</OTAobject_otadescr_type>
	
<OTAobject_general_category></OTAobject_general_category>
			</Attributes>
		</Product>
		<Product code="TT070000003" position="3">
			<Alias isDefault="true">
				<Name>CRASH</Name>
				<Extra></Extra>
			</Alias>
			<Attributes>
	
<OTAobject_general_title>Crash</OTAobject_general_title>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_rights>Dorna</OTAobject_otaother_rights>
	
<OTAobject_general_name>TT070000003</OTAobject_general_name>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_namepreview>Crash</OTAobject_otaother_namepreview>
	
<OTAobject_general_language>0</OTAobject_general_language>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_direct>1</OTAobject_otaother_direct>
	
<OTAobject_otadescr_type>truetones</OTAobject_otadescr_type>
	
<OTAobject_general_category></OTAobject_general_category>
			</Attributes>
		</Product>
		<Product code="TT070000001" position="4">
			<Alias isDefault="true">
				<Name>MOTO1</Name>
				<Extra></Extra>
			</Alias>
			<Attributes>
				<OTAobject_general_title>MotoGP
1</OTAobject_general_title>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_rights>Dorna</OTAobject_otaother_rights>
	
<OTAobject_general_name>TT070000001</OTAobject_general_name>
				<OTAobject_otaother_namepreview>MotoGP
1</OTAobject_otaother_namepreview>
	
<OTAobject_general_language>0</OTAobject_general_language>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_direct>1</OTAobject_otaother_direct>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_author>Artist1</OTAobject_otaother_author>
	
<OTAobject_otadescr_type>truetones</OTAobject_otadescr_type>
	
<OTAobject_general_category></OTAobject_general_category>
			</Attributes>
		</Product>
	</Category>
	<Category name="new" description="">
		<Product code="TT070000004" position="0">
			<Alias isDefault="true">
				<Name>START</Name>
				<Extra></Extra>
			</Alias>
			<Attributes>
	
<OTAobject_general_title>Start</OTAobject_general_title>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_rights>Dorna</OTAobject_otaother_rights>
	
<OTAobject_general_name>TT070000004</OTAobject_general_name>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_namepreview>Start</OTAobject_otaother_namepreview>
	
<OTAobject_general_language>0</OTAobject_general_language>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_direct>1</OTAobject_otaother_direct>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_author>Artist4</OTAobject_otaother_author>
	
<OTAobject_otadescr_type>truetones</OTAobject_otadescr_type>
	
<OTAobject_general_category></OTAobject_general_category>
			</Attributes>
		</Product>
		<Product code="TT070000001" position="0">
			<Alias isDefault="true">
				<Name>MOTO1</Name>
				<Extra></Extra>
			</Alias>
			<Attributes>
				<OTAobject_general_title>MotoGP
1</OTAobject_general_title>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_rights>Dorna</OTAobject_otaother_rights>
	
<OTAobject_general_name>TT070000001</OTAobject_general_name>
				<OTAobject_otaother_namepreview>MotoGP
1</OTAobject_otaother_namepreview>
	
<OTAobject_general_language>0</OTAobject_general_language>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_direct>1</OTAobject_otaother_direct>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_author>Artist1</OTAobject_otaother_author>
	
<OTAobject_otadescr_type>truetones</OTAobject_otadescr_type>
	
<OTAobject_general_category></OTAobject_general_category>
			</Attributes>
		</Product>
	</Category>
	<Category name="top" description="">
		<Product code="TT070000004" position="0">
			<Alias isDefault="true">
				<Name>START</Name>
				<Extra></Extra>
			</Alias>
			<Attributes>
	
<OTAobject_general_title>Start</OTAobject_general_title>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_rights>Dorna</OTAobject_otaother_rights>
	
<OTAobject_general_name>TT070000004</OTAobject_general_name>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_namepreview>Start</OTAobject_otaother_namepreview>
	
<OTAobject_general_language>0</OTAobject_general_language>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_direct>1</OTAobject_otaother_direct>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_author>Artist4</OTAobject_otaother_author>
	
<OTAobject_otadescr_type>truetones</OTAobject_otadescr_type>
	
<OTAobject_general_category></OTAobject_general_category>
			</Attributes>
		</Product>
		<Product code="TT070000001" position="0">
			<Alias isDefault="true">
				<Name>MOTO1</Name>
				<Extra></Extra>
			</Alias>
			<Attributes>
				<OTAobject_general_title>MotoGP
1</OTAobject_general_title>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_rights>Dorna</OTAobject_otaother_rights>
	
<OTAobject_general_name>TT070000001</OTAobject_general_name>
				<OTAobject_otaother_namepreview>MotoGP
1</OTAobject_otaother_namepreview>
	
<OTAobject_general_language>0</OTAobject_general_language>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_direct>1</OTAobject_otaother_direct>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_author>Artist1</OTAobject_otaother_author>
	
<OTAobject_otadescr_type>truetones</OTAobject_otadescr_type>
	
<OTAobject_general_category></OTAobject_general_category>
			</Attributes>
		</Product>
		<Product code="TT070000003" position="0">
			<Alias isDefault="true">
				<Name>CRASH</Name>
				<Extra></Extra>
			</Alias>
			<Attributes>
	
<OTAobject_general_title>Crash</OTAobject_general_title>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_rights>Dorna</OTAobject_otaother_rights>
	
<OTAobject_general_name>TT070000003</OTAobject_general_name>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_namepreview>Crash</OTAobject_otaother_namepreview>
	
<OTAobject_general_language>0</OTAobject_general_language>
	
<OTAobject_otaother_direct>1</OTAobject_otaother_direct>
	
<OTAobject_otadescr_type>truetones</OTAobject_otadescr_type>
	
<OTAobject_general_category></OTAobject_general_category>
			</Attributes>
		</Product>
	</Category>
</ApplicationCatalogue>

XSLT
----
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
	<xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"
indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="/">	
	<xsl:apply-templates
select="/ApplicationCatalogue/Category[@name='new']/Product"> 
        <xsl:sort select="Attributes/OTAobject_general_title"
order="descending"/>   
		
	 </xsl:apply-templates> 
</xsl:template>
 
<xsl:template match="Product">
   <xsl:value-of select="Attributes/OTAobject_general_title"/><br/>
</xsl:template>


</xsl:stylesheet>

-----Original Message-----
From: Joris Gillis [mailto:roac@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 3:05 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [xsl] is recursion the best way to solve this?

Tempore 20:44:51, die 03/01/2005 AD, hinc in  
xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx scripsit anil jacob <anujcb@xxxxxxxxx>:

> I have been trying to write an xsl transfor for
> converting the following src xml to dest xml. No
> success yet, wondering if anyone of you have faced
> similar problem, appreciate if you could share any
> ideas. The problem is how to wrap the OuterTag over
> the InnerTag and the OuterTag can be nested.

Hi,

Playing around with 'xsl:apply-templates' and 'xsl:copy' can do the trick  
(there are plenty of other ways too)

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"  
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
<xsl:output indent="yes" />

<xsl:template match="/Object">
	<Root>
		<xsl:apply-templates select="*[1]"/>
	</Root>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="/Object/*">
	<xsl:copy/>
	<xsl:apply-templates select="following-sibling::Object/*[1]"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="*">
	<xsl:copy>
		<xsl:apply-templates
select="following-sibling::Object/*[1]"/>
	</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>


But I do wonder why the wanted output is not like this:
<Root>
	<HeaderTag>
		<OuterTag>
			<InnerTag/>
		</OuterTag>
		<InnerTag/>
		<OuterTag>
			<OuterTag>
				<InnerTag/>
			</OuterTag>
			<InnerTag/>
		</OuterTag>
	</HeaderTag>
</Root>




regards,
-- 
Joris Gillis (http://www.ticalc.org/cgi-bin/acct-view.cgi?userid=38041)
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