Subject: Baffled by xsl:sort - want to process nodes in reverse document o rder. From: Dylan Walsh <Dylan.Walsh@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 16:04:18 +0100 |
Hi. I am trying to process a set of elements, starting with the last, and working towards the first. I have tried the following: <xsl:apply-templates select="someElementType"> <xsl:sort select="position()" data-type="number" order="descending"/> </xsl:apply-templates> The xsl:sort is taken straight out of Michael Kays book. However when I run it, the elements are processed in document order. If I change "descending" to "ascending", the output is exactly the same. If, on the other hand, I change the select to say, the value of an attribute, instead of position(), it sorts them in reverse alphabetical order according to the text in that attribute. If I change "descending" to "ascending", the output is reversed. In other words, it works for strings but not for position(). Can anyone explain to me what is going on? XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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