Re: [xsl] understanding order of nodes in a table node-set

[Jeni Tennison <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tamre,

> I am having trouble understanding the order in which the elements
> appear (in the node-set) when xslt is used to transform xml data
> into a table.
[snip]
> Do these appear in document order, one transaction at a time?

Yes. When you iterate over a node set using xsl:for-each (or
xsl:apply-templates), then the nodes that you select with the select
attribute are processed in document order unless you tell the
processor to order them in some other way using xsl:sort. The
instructions inside the xsl:for-each are run for each of the nodes in
order.

> Does the fact that it is a table make a difference?

No. XSLT has no awareness of tables - all it knows is nodes.

Cheers,

Jeni

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