Subject: RE: [xsl] Passing sort criteria as a paramter From: "David B. Bitton" <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 01:10:45 -0500 |
You seemed to get this msg to the list. Wendell, thanks. I didn't think of that. BTW, can I use an xsl:attribute tag for another xsl element? > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Gene LaCava > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 7:26 PM > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [xsl] Passing sort criteria as a paramter > > > Wendell: > > Can you tell me how to post a question to this list server ? > I have tried 3 > times already with no luck... > > Thank Yoou > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wendell Piez" <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 4:56 PM > Subject: Re: [xsl] Passing sort criteria as a paramter > > > > David, > > > > I can't claim to be Jeni (well I could but no one would be > fooled), but > > > > At 04:33 PM 1/24/02, you wrote: > > >I have been passing the sort element name into my xsl by way of a > > >parameter. I then do this: > > > > > ><xsl:sort select="*[local-name() = $sortby"]"> > > > > > >and this works great. Now, I want to qualify the element > name, such > > >that the select attribute would read > > > > > >select="Amount[../IsCredit=1]" > > > > > >if I wanted to just park the select attribute at one element. > > > > > >Now, how can I pass the above predicated element name into the > > >stylesheet? > > > > If you just mean to apply the predicate to a dynamic > element name, you > > would use the same idiom: > > > > select="*[local-name()=$sortby][../IsCredit=1]" > > > > This translates into English as > > > > "sort by the values of the element children whose name > equals $sortby and > > whose parents have a child 'IsCredit' element whose value equals 1" > > > > But if you need to pass the whole thing in, as in passing > in the string > > "Amount[../IsCredit=1]", you're stuck, unless the pattern is regular > enough > > to break it down into pieces and use the same value-testing trick > > (sometimes testing the value of the name) on each piece > separately. But > > your example leads me to think that's unlikely to cover your case. > > > > Unfortunately you can't pass an XPath expression in as a > parameter and > > expect it to be evaluated: if it's a string, it's a string, > not an XPath > > expression. If the name testing workaround isn't enough, > some processors > > have extension functions for this; or if you're really > stuck an expression > > can be parameterized by having a stylesheet generate your > stylesheet. > > > > Enjoy, > > Wendell > > > > > > > ====================================================================== > > Wendell Piez > mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Mulberry Technologies, Inc. > http://www.mulberrytech.com > > 17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: > 301/315-9635 > > Suite 207 Phone: > 301/315-9631 > > Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: > 301/315-8285 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML > > > ====================================================================== > > > > > > XSL-List info and archive: > http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > > > > > > 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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