Re: order-by: char or int?

> Use XSL (that means change namespace to
> http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform, more information at
> www.netcrucible.com), use <xsl:sort> instead of order-by and set the
> attribute data-type (more information at
http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#sorting).

Hi all,

This is regarding xsl:order-by. I tried changing to a new stylesheet, but
that did not help but gave me more hours of work. I have taken over a
project that uses Microsoft WD-xsl language and a lot of xsl:eval's which
set a few window varibles using javascript that are used elsewhere (i know
that is probably not the best design). i tried using xsl - xslt convertor
from microsoft, that did not help and created more confusion.

So the conclusion is that at least for this style sheet i have to use the
old microsoft xsl language, i.e. use xsl:order-by, which brings be back to
my question. Can i sort numbers using order-by like in xsl:sort, we can set
data type = number or char or something. surely when order-by came out,
someone must have faced what i am facing.

any help will be appriciated.

Thanks.

TP.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joerg Heinicke" <joerg.heinicke@xxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 2:54 PM
Subject: Re:  order-by: char or int?


> Use XSL (that means change namespace to
> http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform, more information at
> www.netcrucible.com), use <xsl:sort> instead of order-by and set the
> attribute data-type (more information at
http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#sorting).
>
> Regards,
>
> Joerg
>
> > My xsl:for-each looks like this
> >
> > <xsl:for-each select="PrintCabinate/item" order-by="+ Name;currentPage">
> > ----
> > </xsl:for-each
> >
> > Now while sorting it, it assumes that currentPage is char, so it places
11
> > before 7 for eg, whereas 7 shud be b4 11.
> >
> > is there a way to convert currentPage to int for the purpose of sorting.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > TP
>
>
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