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> > 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. > > > You don't seem to appreciate that Microsoft put their WD-xsl product out as > an implementation of a draft specification, which Microsoft patched up to > fill the most glaring holes, but which still had a year of development work > ahead of it before it matured into the XSLT specification. The product was > very hastily put together ("internet time", it used to be called) and there > are very many gaps in its functionality. > I do appreciate what Microsoft has done for computing in general. Am not into $oft bashing, whatever works, works. > I do have sympathy with your problem (maintaining code written in this early > dialect is not a task I envy you), but you need to understand that the > longer you delay the conversion to XSLT, the greater the eventual costs will > be. Thanks Mike, and I have taken about 70% of the xsl to the new version but the other are intricate in terms of interactions with the frames, and hence wud take time. *******which gets me back to my query :) does there exist a way to do xsl:order-by of numbers or the only way to do xsl:order-by is to let the processor assume that all are characters. Thanks . TP. XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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