Re: a sorting conundrum

>>>>> "David" == David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

    >> You can remove that assumption of an intelligent optimizer, by
    >> placing the common sub-expression into a variable.

    David> only in xslt2, the sort key has to be a single xpath, so
    David> you can't bind variables in xpath1.

Ah. I tend to forget about that old xslt 1.0 thing :-)

I also note that the original problem doesn't state which processor or
version of xslt.
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Colin Paul Adams
Preston Lancashire