RE: [xsl] Combining two node Sets into one

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris,

At 04:24 PM 4/1/2005, you wrote:
> I have no way now to get the dates in order without calling some ridiculous
> recursive template that sorts the nodes for me and prints the appropriate
> one. Loop.. Print. which could result in a high number of passes..

Why not sort them with the same instruction you'd use to sort them if 
converting them to an intermediate format?

<xsl:template match="/">
   <table>
     <xsl:apply-templates select="//Disbs | //Refunds">
       <xsl:sort select="DisbDetail/Ddate | RefDetail/Rdate"/>
     </xsl:apply-templates>
   </table>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="Disbs | Refund">
  <tr class="{local-name()}">
    ... etc ...
  </tr>
</xsl:template>

... the 'class' attribute there gets the value "Disbs" or "Refund" -- i.e. 
the name of the matched element.

There are cases where complex sorting and grouping requirements push us 
into having to process temporary trees, but I haven't yet seen anything 
here that makes me think this is one of them.

Cheers,
Wendell


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