[xsl] windows-like table sorter

Subject: [xsl] windows-like table sorter
From: Robert Sösemann <robert.soesemann@xxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 20:12:58 +0100
Hello,

I want my XML source transform to an HTML table and add an Excel-like
sorting mechanism.
The XSL should provide the following features:
- column header clickable (sort ascending/descending)
- sort alphabetically when text, sort by number if number


my XML source looks like this:
########################

<result>
    <header>
        <column nr="1">ColumnA</column>
        <column nr="2">ColumnB</column>
        ...
        <column nr="X">ColumnX</column>
    </header>
    <body>
        <row>
            <attribute nr="1">ValueA</attribute>    <!-- all values can be
number or text you don't know it in advance -->
            <attribute nr="2">ValueA</attribute>
            ...
            <attribute nr="X">ValueX</attribute>
        </row>
        ...more rows
    </body>
</result>

When the user clicks a column header ColumnX (=a hyperlink) the same file
(XSL called inside) should reload with this table sorted with ColumnX
sorted as first key.
When another column (e.g. ColumnY) is clicked it is again reloaded, and now
should be sorted with ColumnX as first key and ColumnY as second key.
This should be possibly for all columns.

As well the stylesheet should check if the <attributes>'s text() is a number
or text and use the right 'data-type' attribute.

Can anybody help or knows where to find ready made compley xsl sorters?

Thanks Robert
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