RE: Three questions on sorting..

Tim,
sort can have no child elements
just change
<xsl:sort select="model">
to
<xsl:sort select="model"/>
remove
</xsl:sort>
and take 2 asprins

Ciao Chris

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tim
>Sent: 20 June 2001 10:58
>To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject:  Three questions on sorting..
>
>
>Hi,
>
>XML/XSL is below.  These problems are causing a very red forehead 
>(since I keep banging it on the table in confusion!)
>
>1. Why does the <xsl:sort/> cause a "tr is not allowed in this position 
>in the stylesheet" error?  If I take the sorting tags out, it is quite 
>happy.
>
>2. Can the <xsl:sort/> use a variable directly?  e.g. <xsl:sort 
>select="$orderBy"><xsl:sort>  I'll try it myself when I can get the 
>answer to question 1!
>
>3. I would like to sort by manufacturer name but it is in an external 
>file.  Is there a way of ordering by the <name/> of the manufacture?  I 
>can order by the manufacturer ID but not the external name.  Xpointer?
>
>Thanks for your time,
>Tim.
>_______________________
>Cars.xml
><cars>
>  <car ID="car1">
>    <model>
>      88 Type 2a SWB
>    </model>
>    <price>
>      1200
>    </price>
>    <manufacturer>
>      manufacturer2
>    </manufacturer>
>  </car>
>  <car ID="car2">
>    <model>
>      Mundaino
>    </model>
>    <price>
>      4500
>    </price>
>    <manufacturer>
>      manufacturer1
>    </manufacturer>
>  </car>
></cars>
>
>_______________________
>manufacturers.xml
><manufacturers>
>  <manufacturer ID="manufacturer1">
>    <name>
>      Ford
>    </name>
>    <notes>
>      Ford Motor Company
>    </notes>
>  </manufacturer>
>  <manufacturer ID="manufacturer2">
>    <name>
>      Land Rover
>    </name>
>    <notes>
>      Good solid, slow cars.  Not good for motor way driving but will 
>pull the side off a house if necessary.
>    </notes>
>  </manufacturer>
></manufacturers>
>
>_______________________
>cars.xsl
><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
><xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
>xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" 
>xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
><xsl:output method="html"/>
><xsl:variable name="col" select="document
>('http://localhost/xml/manufacturers.xml')"/>
>        <xsl:template match="/">
>		<xsl:apply-templates select="/cars"/>
>        </xsl:template>
>
>        <xsl:template match="cars">
>		<table>
>		<tr>
>			<td>
>				<a>
>					<xsl:attribute 
>name="href"><xsl:value-of 
>select="$targetURL"/>manufacturer</xsl:attribute>
>					Manufacturer
>				</a>
>			</td>
>			<td>
>				<a>
>					<xsl:attribute 
>name="href"><xsl:value-of select="$targetURL"/>model</xsl:attribute>
>					Model
>				</a>
>			</td>
>			<td>
>				<a>
>					<xsl:attribute 
>name="href"><xsl:value-of select="$targetURL"/>price</xsl:attribute>
>					Price
>				</a>
>			</td>
>		</tr>
>				<xsl:for-each select="car">
>					<xsl:sort select="model">
>						<tr>
>							<td>
>							
>	<xsl:variable name="cat_id">	<xsl:value-of select="normalize-
>space(manufacturer)"/></xsl:variable>
>							<xsl:value-of 
>select="$col/manufacturers/manufacturer[@ID=$cat_id]/name/text()"/>	
>								</td>
>							<td>
>							
>	<xsl:value-of select="normalize-space(model)"/>
>							</td>
>							<td>
>							
>	<xsl:value-of select="normalize-space(price)"/>
>							</td>
>						</tr>
>					</xsl:sort>
>				</xsl:for-each>
>		</table>
>	</xsl:template>
>	
></xsl:stylesheet>
>
>
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