RE: Three questions on sorting..

Nope.  I did not want to disturb you guys again but 3 after three hours 
of trying, I've run out of aspirin.....

Got sorting by a varibale going, easy with Mike's example.  I've had a 
good look throught the FAQ's again but nothing similar to the sort by 
external elements.  I copied Mike's other example and changed it a bit:

......snip......
<xsl:variable name="manExt" select="document('manufacturers.xml')"/>
..................
<xsl:when test="$orderBy='manufacturer'">
	<xsl:for-each select="car">	
	<xsl:variable name="manId"><xsl:value-of select="normalize-space
(manufacturer)"/></xsl:variable>
	<xsl:sort select="$manExt/manufacturers/manufacturer
[@ID=$manId]/name"/>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<xsl:value-of 
select="$manExt/manufacturers/manufacturer[@ID=$manId]/name/text()"/>
			</td>
			<td>
				<xsl:value-of select="normalize-space
(model)"/>
			</td>
			<td>
				£<xsl:value-of select="normalize-space
(price)"/>
			</td>
	</tr>
	</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:when>
.......snip........

The xsl:value-of for the external manufacturer name works OK but the 
sorting does not sort.

Any more ideas would be lovely.

Thanks again,
Tim.


> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tim
> > Sent: 20 June 2001 10:58
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject:  Three questions on sorting..
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > XML/XSL is below.  These problems are causing a very red forehead
> > (since I keep banging it on the table in confusion!)
> >
> > 1. Why does the <xsl:sort/> cause a "tr is not allowed in
> > this position
> > in the stylesheet" error?  If I take the sorting tags out, it
> > is quite
> > happy.
> 
> The xsl:sort element should be empty, and should precede the <tr> 
element.
> >
> > 2. Can the <xsl:sort/> use a variable directly?  e.g. <xsl:sort
> > select="$orderBy"><xsl:sort>  I'll try it myself when I can get the
> > answer to question 1!
> 
> This is a FAQ. The value of $orderBy doesn't depend on the current 
node, so
> you'll get the same sort key value for every node. You probably want
> select="*[name()=$orderBy]".
> >
> > 3. I would like to sort by manufacturer name but it is in an 
external
> > file.  Is there a way of ordering by the <name/> of the
> > manufacture?  I
> > can order by the manufacturer ID but not the external name.
> 
> You can do something like
> 
> <xsl:sort select="document('manufacturers.xml')/manufacturer
[id=$id]/name"/>
> 
> Mike Kay
> Software AG
> 
> 
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