Subject: RE: [xsl] Formatting XSL for XML to CSV translation From: "Passin, Tom" <tpassin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 11:10:45 -0400 |
[David Carlisle] > Ypu should add an xsl:sort here (eg on name()) as otherwise > your columns > will come out in arbitrary order, and possibly different orders > on each row. > Excellent addition. > > However, the > > order should not be important because with a relational database, > > but in a csv file if each row has things in a different order how can > you know which field is which? > I'll bet that in practice, the order will come out the same way in each row - it's just that you cannot be sure what that order would be. But it's true - there is no guarantee - your sort will take care of it. Cheers, Tom P XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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