RE: [xsl] how to sort by different attributes in a table

["Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx>]

Attributes don't have any predictable order, so it doesn't make any sense to
ask for elements to be sorted on "their third attribute".

It's possible that select="@*[number($Sort)]" will work for you, but it's
rather implementation-dependent.

Michael Kay 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shen, Ching [mailto:Shenc@xxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 30 August 2004 22:42
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [xsl] how to sort by different attributes in a table
> 
> 
> Michael:
> Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, you change didn't work.
> Here Sort=1,2,3.... which is column position number
> But @[local-name()] = A, B, C, ... which is column name
> 
> Any further suggest?
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Kay [mailto:mhk@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 4:06 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [xsl] how to sort by different attributes in a table
> 
> 
> This is a FAQ.
> 
> Use <xsl:sort select="@*[local-name() = $Sort]"/>
> 
> The reason your attempt doesn't work is that a sort key such 
> as $Sort that
> doesn't depend on the context node will have the same value 
> for each of the
> nodes in the node-set being sorted. The system can't guess 
> that you want to
> treat the value of this variable, e.g. "HOSTNAME", as an 
> XPath expression.
> 
> Michael Kay
> 
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Shen, Ching [mailto:Shenc@xxxxxxxx] 
> > Sent: 30 August 2004 20:54
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [xsl] how to sort by different attributes in a table
> > 
> > 
> > I have a xml file which looks like
> > <Rows>
> >   <Row>
> >     <Columns A=3D"HOSTNAME" B=3D"IPADDRESS" C=3D"BRAND/MODEL" />
> >   </Row>
> >  <Row>
> >     <Columns A=3D"AA" B=3D"23" C=3D"ibm" />
> >   </Row>
> > ......
> > </Rows>
> > 
> > 
> > I have all attributes list in a table as columns and I need a 
> > xsl syntax =
> > which will allow me to sort by selected attribute, when they click =
> > attribute header,=20
> > 
> > i. e. when user click 2nd column header, all xml file will 
> sorted by =
> > <xsl:sort select=3D"*/@B" />
> > 
> > The following syntax failed to work and I run out clue. 
> Here  header =
> > link set to Sort=3D{position()}=20
> > 
> >     <xsl:apply-templates select=3D"*/*">
> >                 <xsl:sort select=3D"*/@Columns[$Sort]" />
> >     </xsl:apply-templates>
> > 
> > Does anybody have done this before and can help me out with 
> > right syntax?
> > Your suggestions will be greatly appreciated
> > 
> > 
> > Thank you!
> > 
> > Ching