Re: [xsl] Changing sort order via a parameter

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2003-06-04 16:05 -0700, Danny Vint wrote:
> I have a situation where I need to change from a text ordering to number 
> order depending upon a parameter.

Section 10 of XSLT states that all the attributes on xsl:sort can be 
attribute value templates, so assign a variable in advance of the for-each 
and then use the attribute value template:

                <xsl:variable name="use-data-type">
                        <xsl:choose>
                                <xsl:when test="$A='Life'">number</xsl:when>
                                <xsl:when test="$A='P_C'">text</xsl:when>
                        </xsl:choose>
                </xsl:variable>
               <xsl:for-each ...
                  <xsl:sort select="zzz" data-type="{$use-data-type}"/>
                  ...

I hope this helps.

........... Ken

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