Fwd: [xsl] Aberrant Alphabetizing.

[Wendy McFarland <wmcfarla@xxxxxxx>]

> What I think you should be doing is sorting the <book> child nodes of 
> whatever
> parent they have by title, something like:
>
> <xsl:template match="insert-parent-of-book-here">
>   <xsl:apply-templates select="book">
>     <xsl:sort select="title"/>
>   </xsl:apply-templates>
> </xsl:template>
>
> Think of it as building a list of nodes to process using 
> <xsl:apply-templates
> select="..."/>, and then sorting them using <xsl:sort/>


Actually, the XSL I'm using is this:

<xsl:template match="/">
	<xsl:for-each select="/publisher/book[fld080[contains(fld080', 
'Print-On-Demand')]]">
		<xsl:sort select="title"/>
		<xsl:call-template name="catalog_listing"/>
	</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>

I simplified it a little to make it a less distracting post. Sorry. I 
hope I haven't wasted anyone's time.

The XSL really does seem to work fine. From a file of 2270 books, it 
comes up with 632 that match my for-each.

And the sorting really does look un-flawed for the majority of the 632. 
Making it easy to overlook the oddballs among them.


Here's a little more of the problem with the "Effect*" titles, 
in-context, in case that reveals anything useful that I'm not seeing...

Educating Mathematical Scientists: Doctoral Study and the Postdoctoral 
Experience in the United States

Education and Delinquency: Summary of a Workshop

Education and Learning to Think

Education for Tomorrow's Jobs

Effective Manning of the U.S. Merchant Fleet

Effectiveness and Outcomes in Health Care: Proceedings of an 
Invitational Conference

Effectiveness of the United States Advanced Battery Consortium as a 
Government-Industry Partnership

Effective Services for Young Children: Report of a Workshop

Effect of Environment on Nutrient Requirements of Domestic Animals

The Effect of Genetic Variance on Nutritional Requirements of Animals: 
Proceedings of a Symposium

Effects of Health Programs on Child Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa

The Effects on Human Health of Subtherapeutic Use of Antimicrobials in 
Animal Feeds

The Effects on the Atmosphere of a Major Nuclear Exchange

Eighteenth Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics


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