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XSLT and XPath questions would be better posted to the following list:
http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
There are a number of subscribers who would enthusiastically respond to
such questions.
There is also an *excellent* FAQ at:
http://www.dpawson.co.uk
At 2003-12-03 12:01 +0000, CBeach@bankofny.com wrote:
>i wish to sort dynamically
XPath expressions cannot be resolved dynamically in XSLT 1.0, they must be
coded in the stylesheet and not obtained from any kind of source.
><staffware viewcompany="-1" viewdepartment="-1" viewwork="-1" search="0"
>company="ABN" sortfield="@caseref">
Above you have encoded an XPath expression.
> <xsl:template match='/'>
> <xsl:variable name="sort_field" select="staffware/@sortfield"/>
>...
> <xsl:with-param name="sorted_field" select="$sort_field"/>
>...
> <xsl:sort select='$sorted_field' order='ascending'/>
This will produce the fixed string "@caseref" for every item being sorted,
thus the result will be in document order.
The following would work:
sortfield="caseref">
<xsl:template match='/'>
<xsl:variable name="sort_field" select="staffware/@sortfield"/>
...
<xsl:with-param name="sorted_field" select="$sort_field"/>
...
<xsl:sort select='@*[name(.)=$sorted_field]'
order='ascending'/>
because then you are dealing with the names of XPath nodes, not with XPath
expressions.
I hope this helps.
................. Ken
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