Re: [xsl] Sorting, but then splitting into 5 <ul> columns

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:46 AM 8/6/2008, Martin wrote:
> Dan Acuff wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to do this possibly by using the results of the first
> > category template and processing it in a new template?
>
> That raises the question whether you want to use XSLT 1.0, XSLT 1.0 
> with extension function exsl:node-set, or XSLT 2.0?

And of whether, if using XSLT 1.0, pipelining two stylesheets is 
possible, or whether we are really baking bread with our elbows. (It 
has been done.)

Or to be more specific: no, it isn't possible in XSLT 1.0 to process 
the results of one template with another, without using features or 
techniques devised to do so. (These include the extension function 
and pipelining stylesheets. For reasons lost in the depths of 
history, XSLT 1.0 was deliberately designed without this capability 
unassisted.) But it would be possible to get your desired output 
using other approaches.

Cheers,
Wendell


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