Subject: RE: sorting and parameters From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 14:56:40 +0000 |
Mike, It's no good to do what you just taught us (in a different context) it was better not to do? <xsl:sort select="*[local-name() = $key]" order=... which is such a kluge I'm ashamed to suggest it -- but if Perry tests it and it works who'm I to say he can't? --Wendell At 04:51 PM 1/17/00 -0000, you wrote: >>How do I pass a sort key to a stylesheet? >> >> Here's my stylesheet -- >> >> <xsl:apply-templates select="item"> >> <xsl:sort select="{$key}" >> >> Using Saxon, I get the error "Invalid character ({) in >> expression {$key}". >> I think the syntax is right because I have no problem with >> the sortorder parameter. ... >There's no direct way of achieving what you want in XSLT. The only ways to >do it are (a) to generate a stylesheet on the fly and execute that, or (b) >to write an extension function. > >Mike Kay > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > ====================================================================== Wendell Piez mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com 17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: 301/315-9635 Suite 207 Phone: 301/315-9631 Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML ====================================================================== XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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