That works. Thanks.
In case there is no sort column, will setting the variable $chosen to some
value like 0
disable the sort? This is desired so I don't have to use <xsl:if> to special
case the
sorting (there is a related thread on this topic but I want to confirm for
this example).

Also, I tried using an attribute directly  in the predicate instead of a
variable and it
didn't work. Is this supposed to work? Example:

<xsl:sort select="column[number(@sort-column)]"/>

Is this a valid predicate?  It is still better to use a variable, I believe,
because then
I could use <xsl:if> to set it to 0 if there was no sort-column attribute
and get the
benefits I described above, assuming it works that way.

Thanks,
Stuart Zakon
Objects by Design
http://www.objectsbydesign.com

XSLT by Example:
http://www.objectsbydesign.com/projects/xslt/xslt_by_example.html

>----- Original Message -----
>From: OBD
>To: Stuart Zakon
>Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 9:06 AM
>Subject: sorting
>
>
>Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 12:02:05 +0100
>From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE:  sorting by position?
>
>Sure:
><xsl:sort select="column[$chosen]"/>
>
>Michael Kay
>Software AG
>home: Michael.H.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>work: Michael.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>> Stuart Zakon
>> Sent: 13 June 2002 03:47
>> To: XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject:  sorting by position?
>>
>>
>> Is there any way to sort using <xsl:sort> for a positional
>> sort? For instance, given the following XML for a generic
>> table, is there a way to specify to sort the rows by the
>> first or second column, depending on which column is chosen
>> to sort by?
>>
>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
>> <table>
>> <row>
>> <column>x</column>
>> <column>b</column>
>> </row>
>> <row>
>> <column>z</column>
>> <column>c</column>
>> </row>
>> <row>
>> <column>y</column>
>> <column>a</column>
>> </row>
>> </table>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Stuart Zakon
>> Objects by Design
>>




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