Re: sorting with param @attribute

now with the same way passed param @id how can i have it sorted by @id and get

      <xsl:sort select="@*[name()=$sort] |
                         *[name()=$sort]" />

t:\ftemp>type ilyasov.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<items>
<item id="6">
 <title>5</title>
 </item>
<item id="2">
 <title>3</title>
 </item>
<item id="1">
 <title>4</title>
 </item>
</items>

t:\ftemp>type ilyasov.xsl
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                version="1.0">

<xsl:template match="/">
<table>
<xsl:for-each select="//item">
<xsl:sort select="@*[name()=$sort]|*[name()=$sort]" />
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="@id" /></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="title" /></td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</table>
</xsl:template>

t:\ftemp>saxon ilyasov.xml ilyasov.xsl sort=title
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<table>
   <tr>
      <td>2</td>
      <td>3</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td>1</td>
      <td>4</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td>6</td>
      <td>5</td>
   </tr>
</table>
t:\ftemp>saxon ilyasov.xml ilyasov.xsl sort=id
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<table>
   <tr>
      <td>1</td>
      <td>4</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td>2</td>
      <td>3</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td>6</td>
      <td>5</td>
   </tr>
</table>
t:\ftemp>rem Done!

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