Re: Proposal: Copying with Sorting

"Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:001301c2b582$b80e5c40$6601a8c0@xxxxxxxxxx

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> > 2. Would it be possible for exp2 to contain a reference to a 
> > locally defined xsl:variable (not a top-level one)?
> 
> No, the xsl:sort-key element is top-level, so there will be no
> locally-defined variables in scope. Do you have a use case where this
> creates a problem?

I think that such is any case of xsl:sort with (a combination of)
parameters, e.g.:

<xsl:sort select="a/b/*[name() = $byName]" order="$order"/>

where the parameters are set in the calling template.


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Cheers,

Dimitre Novatchev.
http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL


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