Subject: RE: sort question From: "Larry Mason" <Larry_Mason@xxxxxx> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 12:59:23 -0500 |
Thanks for the news, albeit disappointing. It sure would be nice if identical syntax behaved the same way everywhere. For example, in the XSL I sent earlier, the select in the xsl:value-of does use the value of the variable, while the select in xsl:sort does not! Without allowing me to dynamically define the selection, I would have to hard code every possible sorting column? Not feasible or pratical. With the ability to pass variable values from the outside, I sure was hoping to reduce the complexity not increase it. Oh well. Larry Mason Kay Michael <Michael.Kay@xxxxxxx> on 08/24/99 12:38:08 PM Please respond to xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: "'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc: (bcc: Larry Mason/Dallas/US/i2Tech) Subject: RE: sort question > I'm trying to leverage parameter passing in the latest XT > (19990822) with > sorting. Here is my XSL. > > <xsl:variable name="sortcolumn">Site</xsl:variable> > <xsl:variable name="sortdirection">descending</xsl:variable> > > sort=<xsl:value-of select="$sortcolumn"/> > <xsl:apply-templates select="somedata"> > <xsl:sort select="$sortcolumn" order="descending"/> > </xsl:apply-templates> > > The problem is the data is not sorted. It is sorted on the value of the variable $sortcolumn; this variable has the same value for every node in your collection, namely "Site". Expressions in the style sheet have to be there in the source code. There is no way to supply them by parameters, to construct them at run-time, or to read them from the source document. The only way out is to generate the style sheet. Perhaps this is another candidate FAQ. Mike Kay XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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