Re: custom xsl sorting

Hi,

I am not very familiar with XSLT. I tried to reproduce
the same & it didn't work(w/o much understanding).
My Basic assumption is that: 
Key 'tp' should be built on 'period.xml'. Here i have
the core part of the code:
 
>       <xsl:key name="tp" match="val" use="."/>
>       <xsl:variable name="tps"
> select="document('xamp2.xml')/Timeperiods"/>



Inside template match /dynamicpage
>       <xsl:for-each select="$tps/*">
>       <xsl:sort select="."/>
> 
>             <xsl:variable name="outp"
> select="key('tp', @period)"/>
>             <xsl:value-of select="$outp"/>
> 
>       </xsl:for-each>
What does sort do here? Sorts tps values!! or Sorts
/val values?? Neither makes sense to me.

Please correct me!!!

Thanks for your inputs & valuable time.

Srinivas. 



--- omprakash.v@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
>      The following stylesheet should do what you
> want.
> 
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> 
> <xsl:output method="text"></xsl:output>
> 
>       <xsl:key name="tp" match="val" use="."/>
>       <xsl:variable name="tps"
> select="document('xamp2.xml')/Timeperiods"/>
> 
>       <xsl:template match="/dynamicpage">
> 
>       <xsl:for-each select="$tps/*">
>       <xsl:sort select="."/>
> 
>             <xsl:variable name="outp"
> select="key('tp', @period)"/>
>             <xsl:value-of select="$outp"/>
> 
>             <xsl:if test="not(position() = last())
> and $outp">
>             <xsl:text>,</xsl:text>
>             </xsl:if>
> 
>       </xsl:for-each>
> 
>   </xsl:template>
> 
> 
> 
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
> 
> 
> cheers,
> prakash
> 
> 
> 
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> Hi,
> 
> I have to perform xsl sorting based on time period
> instead of regular ascii or integer based sorting.
> For
> ex: According to ascii, BYZANTINE  comes before
> MIDDLE
> BRONZE. But, according to this sort(time period):
> MIDDLE BRONZE comes before BYZANTINE.
> 
> My initial idea is like this. A separate xml:
> 'period.xml' has this period to ascii mapping.
> <entry period="middlebronze">1</entry>
> <entry period="byzantine">2</entry>
> <entry period="Roman">3</entry>
> <entry period="islamic">4</entry>
> ......
> ----------------------------------------
> Now, my stylesheet should be applied to a dynamic
> xml
> page & should order period values occur in that
> page.
> 
> <dynamicpage>
> <val>Roman</val>
> <val>Islamic</val>
> <val> byzantine </val>
> </dynamicpage>
> 
> desired output after xslt application:
> 
> byzantine,  Roman, Islamic
> 
> Please help regarding how xslt should look like?
> 
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