RE: Nested xsl:sort problems

I believe the problem was that you were off by one level when doing your sorts. Here is a cut down version of the XSL...

	<!-- Sorted primary elements -->
	<xsl:for-each select="/indices/index/entry/primary">
		<xsl:sort data-type="text" select="@name"/>
		<block><xsl:value-of select="@name"/></block>
		<!-- Sorted secondary elements -->
		<xsl:for-each select="secondary">
			<xsl:sort data-type="text" select="@name"/> 
			<block><xsl:value-of select="@name"/></block>
			<!-- Sorted tertiary elements -->
			<xsl:for-each select="tertiary">
				<xsl:sort data-type="text" select="@name"/> 
				<block><xsl:value-of select="@name"/></block>
			</xsl:for-each>
		</xsl:for-each>
	</xsl:for-each>

This is repetitive, and could probably be replaced with something recursive...

Does this solve your problem?
Josh

-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Wells [mailto:Fred.Wells@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 3:53 PM
To: XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:  Nested xsl:sort problems


I having a problem with sorting I need to sort down three levels but for
some reason I can only get the first level tto sort following is the xml
and the xsl respectively:

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<indices>
    <index bookId="ISBN_chapterX">
        <entry>
            <primary name="art history" relPages="191,192,193,194">
            <secondary name="artists">
            <tertiary name="picasso, pablo" relPages="250"/>
            <tertiary name="pollock, jackson" relPages="261"/>
            </secondary>
            <secondary name="architecture">
            <tertiary name="wright, frank lloyd" relPages="262"/>
            </secondary>
            </primary>
        </entry>
        <entry>
            <primary name="awards">
            <secondary name="television" relPages="171,172">
            <tertiary name="emmy" relPages="180"/>
            <tertiary name="golden globe" relPages="189,211"/>
            <tertiary name="screen actors guild" relPages="11"/>
            </secondary>
            <secondary name="music">
            <tertiary name="grammy" relPages="134"/>
            <tertiary name="mtv video music" relPages="135,180"/>
            </secondary>
            <secondary name="theater" relPages="15,16,210">
            <tertiary name="tony" relPages="189"/>
            </secondary>
            </primary>
        </entry>
        <entry>
            <primary name="newspapers" relPages="1,3,4,90">
            <secondary name="new york" relPages="91,92,95">
            <tertiary name="village voice" relPages="115"/>
            <tertiary name="wall street journal" relPages="116,117"/>
            <tertiary name="new york post" relPages="118,119,120"/>
            <tertiary name="new york times"
relPages="121,122,123,124,125"/>
            </secondary>
            <secondary name="chicago" relPages="17,18,19,20">
            <tertiary name="chicago tribune" relPages="17"/>
            <tertiary name="chicago sun times" relPages="18,19,20"/>
            </secondary>
            </primary>
        </entry>
        <entry>
            <primary name="games" relPages="21">
            <secondary name="chess" relPages="67"/>
            <secondary name="checkers" relPages="68"/>
            <secondary name="backgammon" relPages="71,72"/>
            </primary>
        </entry>
    </index>
</indices>


and the xsl:

                   <xsl:for-each select="//index/entry">
                       <xsl:sort data-type="text"
select="./primary/@name"/>
 
                       <xsl:for-each select="./primary">
                           <xsl:sort data-type="text"
select="./secondary/@name"/>
  
                         <fo:block font-family="Helvetica,Arial"
font-size="7pt" font-weight="bold"  text-align="left">
                             <xsl:value-of select="@name"/>
                            <xsl:if test=" @relPages != '' ">
                            <xsl:text>&#xA;&#xA;</xsl:text>
                            <xsl:value-of select="@relPages"/>
                            </xsl:if>
                        </fo:block>

                                <xsl:for-each select="./secondary">
                                   <xsl:sort data-type="text"
select="./tertiary/@name"/> 

                         <fo:block font-family="Helvetica,Arial"
font-size="7pt"  start-indent="5pt" text-align="left">
                             <xsl:value-of select="@name"/>
                            <xsl:if test=" @relPages != '' ">
                            <xsl:text>&#xA;&#xA;</xsl:text>
                            <xsl:value-of select="@relPages"/>
                            </xsl:if>
                        </fo:block>

                                <xsl:for-each select="./tertiary">
                                    
                          <fo:block font-family="Helvetica,Arial"
font-size="7pt" font-style="italic" start-indent="10pt"
text-align="left">
                             <xsl:value-of select="@name"/>
                            <xsl:if test=" @relPages != '' ">
                            <xsl:text>&#xA;&#xA;</xsl:text>
                            <xsl:value-of select="@relPages"/>
                            </xsl:if>
                        </fo:block>
                          
                                </xsl:for-each>
                           </xsl:for-each>
                       </xsl:for-each>
                   </xsl:for-each>

This seems only to work for the 'primary' element and not the
'secondary' and 'tertiary'. I'm pretty new to this so any advice is
greatly appreciated.
thanks
-fw


Frederick Wells
Capps Digital
35 W Wacker
30th Fl.
Chicago, IL
312.220.3056
www.cappsdigital.com

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