RE: sort question

[Kay Michael <Michael.Kay@xxxxxxx>]

> I'm trying to leverage parameter passing in the latest XT 
> (19990822) with
> sorting.  Here is my XSL.
> 
>   <xsl:variable name="sortcolumn">Site</xsl:variable>
>   <xsl:variable name="sortdirection">descending</xsl:variable>
> 
>    sort=<xsl:value-of select="$sortcolumn"/>
>     <xsl:apply-templates select="somedata">
>       <xsl:sort select="$sortcolumn" order="descending"/>
>     </xsl:apply-templates>
> 
> The problem is the data is not sorted.

It is sorted on the value of the variable $sortcolumn; this variable has the
same value for every node in your collection, namely "Site".

Expressions in the style sheet have to be there in the source code. There is
no way to supply them by parameters, to construct them at run-time, or to
read them from the source document. The only way out is to generate the
style sheet.

Perhaps this is another candidate FAQ.

Mike Kay


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