RE: Formatting XSL for XML to CSV translation

[David Carlisle]
 
> Ypu should add an xsl:sort here (eg on name()) as otherwise 
> your columns
> will come out in arbitrary order, and possibly different orders
> on each row.
> 

Excellent addition.

> > However, the
> > order should not be important because with a relational database, 
> 
> but in a csv file if each row has things in a different order how can
> you know which field is which?
> 

I'll bet that in practice, the order will come out the same way in each
row - it's just that you cannot be sure what that order would be.  But
it's true - there is no guarantee - your sort will take care of it.

Cheers,

Tom P

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