Re: To simulate SORT inside a xsl:choose condition

<xsl:apply-templates select="/People/Person">
    <xsl:sort select="@*[name()=$sortMethod]"/>
</xsl:apply-templates>

Hi Kumar:

The way I'd do this is to control the sorting outside of your
template... e.g.

<People>
	<Person LastName="Smith" Age="22"/>
	<Person LastName="Jones" Age="19"/>
</People>

<xsl:param name="sortMethod">LastName</xsl:param>

<xsl:template match="/">
	<xsl:choose>
		<xsl:when test="$sortMethod="LastName">
			<xsl:apply-templates select="/People/Person">
				<xsl:sort select="@LastName"/>
			</xsl:apply-templates>
		</xsl:when>
		<xsl:when test="$sortMethod="Age">
			<xsl:apply-templates select="/People/Person">
				<xsl:sort select="@Age"/>
			</xsl:apply-templates>
		</xsl:when>
	</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

In this way, your template can work regardless of the sorting
criteria...

HTH!

Dion

-----Original Message-----
From: KUMAR NINGASHETTY [mailto:kningashetty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 3:15 PM
To: <
Subject: To simulate SORT inside a xsl:choose condition

Hi all ,

I know that the rule to sort should be immediately after <xsl:for-each

I am in a situation where i have to read the criteria to sort from
some some node in the beginning of XML and based on which i need to make a decision to sortBY corresponding
node somewhere down the line....


But as you know the following way doesnt work ...

<xsl:for-each select="somenode">
    <xsl:choose>
       <xsl;when test="$prevnode = 'criteriavalue' ">
             <xsl:sort  order="ascending"  select="node_to_be_sorted"/>
      </xsl:when>
    </xsl:choose>

</xsl:for-each>

Note: dont worry about syntax check on this ...

Is there a way to sneak around and get this Sorting to work based on
some criteria ...Or any other work arounds, suggestions?

thanx in advance - kumar



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