RE: Confused using a loop...

> Btw, from a previous thread you seemed to be using the much easier
> translate() version, suggested by Michael Kay:
> http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/200703/msg00710
> .html , i.e.:
>
> <!-- this -->
> <xsl:sort select="translate(lastUpdate,'/','')" date-type="number" />
>
> <!-- or this: -->
> <xsl:sort select="translate(lastUpdate,'/ ','')" date-type="number" />
>
> something like that.
>
> Why did you change to the more verbose version you have
> above? Isn't having one xsl:sort statement instead of three easier?

Confusion, mainly. I had a number of XSL files going at once trying out
different options but never got back to putting the shorter sort back
into the final one. It's in there now! Thanks for the reminder ;o)

-Darrel