Re: Sort by Parameters-Child Nodes

Thanks David !!!!  for the detailed explanation .
Thats what i was looking for .
--- David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > not PERSON/FNAME or PERSON/LNAME 
> > when i pass them as parameters . 
> 
> passing in a param (or using a variable generally)
> is just like using a
> string in that position.
> 
> You have
> 
> <xsl:sort select="*[name()=$pa]"
> 
> <xsl:sort select="*[name()='DATE']"
> 
> works because * selects all child elements, and teh
> [] filters out the
> date.
> 
> 
> <xsl:sort select="*[name()='PERSON/FNAME']"
> 
> doesn't work as there is no child element with that
> name, what you want
> is
> 
> 
> <xsl:sort select="*/*[name()='FNAME']"
> 
> ie select a grandchild with name 'FNAME'
> 
> 
> so
> 
> 
> <xsl:sort select="(*|*/*)[name()=$pa]" 
> order="{$pas}"/>
> 
> should work if you pass in pa='FNAME' or pa='DATE'
> as it selects either
> children or grandchildren with the specified name.
> 
> David
> 
>
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