Subject: RE: [xsl] Sort order - dynamic select From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:49:44 -0000 |
The usual three solutions are: (a) if the search terms are always simple element names, use select="*[name()=$searchparam]" (b) use an extension function for dynamic XPath evaluation, e.g. select="saxon:evaluate($searchparam)" (c) modify the stylesheet before compiling and executing it: it's an XML document, so this can be done using XSLT if you want. I think the second solution is the best one technically, except that it impacts the portability of your stylesheet. However, a dyn:evaluate() is specified in EXSLT (www.exslt.org) and is available on several processors. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Tripanier [mailto:jtrepanier@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 14 March 2005 14:21 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [xsl] Sort order - dynamic select > > > > Is it possible to use a parameter as the select element in a sort tag? > > <xsl:sort order="{$sorder}" select="$searchTerm"/> > > Im trying to get the order based on the $searchTerm > > ie. > > so if $searchTerm = books/authors then in the xsl it would > sort by books/authors. > > <xsl:sort order="{$sorder}" select="$searchTerm"/> > > > is this possible? > I cant get it working, is there another way to do this? > > thanks!
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