Re: [xsl] Confused using a loop...

[Abel Braaksma <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx>]

Austin, Darrel wrote:
> The problem is that my result isn't sorted.
>
> I'm a bit confused as to how SORT works. My first select should be
> selecting all menuItems that are or ar a child of one with a specific
> pageID.
>
> Then, I assume the sort commands sorts that group of selected menuItems

To learn how xsl:sort works, I suggest you use xsl:value-of right after 
the statement that should be doing the sorting:

<xsl:sort select="some/Xpath">
<sort-by>
   <xsl:value-of select="some/Xpath">
</sort-by>

The select of xsl:sort is relative to the context item. If <sort-by> in 
the output does not contain anything, your xpath is wrong and that is 
why sort 'does not work'.

On 'how sort works': it takes the string-normalized value of the nodes 
you select in xsl:sort and uses that to sort by.

Cheers,
-- Abel