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Binh Thang wrote:
> I don't receive the error message anymore but still it doesn't sort.
> Below I copied a piece of my xml file. I would like to sort on name of
> the restaurant. Can you pls. help?
>
> <xsl:template match="/">
> <html>
> <body [snip]>
> <h2>My Restaurants Guide</h2>
> <xsl:apply-templates />
> </body>
> </html>
> </xsl:template>
> <xsl:template match="restaurant">
> <p>
> <xsl:apply-templates>
> <xsl:sort select="name"/>
> </xsl:apply-templates>
> </p>
> </xsl:template>
> <xsl:template match="name">
I miss the XML.
You seem to be under the impression the xsl:sort instruction
should appear in the template which matches the element you
want to sort. THis is not the case, the xsl:sort must appear
in the xsl:apply-templates (or xsl:foreach) which selects the
list of elements you want to sort.
If your source XML is like
<restaurants>
<restaurant>
<name>Foo</name>
...
then try this
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<body>
<h2>My Restaurants Guide</h2>
<xsl:apply-templates select="restaurants/restaurant">
<xsl:sort select="name"/>
</xsl:apply-templates>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
BTW questions regarding XSL are best asked on the XSL list:
http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list/
THere's also a FFAQ reachable from the page above which has
lots of sample code, some of which is relevant for your question.
J.Pietschmann
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