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Thanks Michael and Michael, This is a great help for me. I think it is the solution that will give me the most flexibility. I have never done anything like this before and this will really help me get started. - Rebecca Michael Kay schrieb: >> As David suggests, I think I'd go for the approach of generating a >> stylesheet. In effect your <REPORT_FORMAT> element defines a miniature >> programming language, and a good way of implementing such languages is >> often to translate them to XSLT. I've done similar things with report >> specifications entered interactively on the screen. You're already >> doing dynamic construction/evaluation of XPath expressions, so dynamic >> construction of the entire stylesheet (or of the controlling >> framework, it can always include/import a fixed module) isn't a major >> step from that. >I don't have the code to generate the stylesheet, but I'd like to >propose what I imagine the result should look like. >There is a string representation of the sorting order, captured in the >xsl:variable $order. Then there is one generated matching template for >each value of $order that may occur in reality. (Well, I didn't write >the code to generate these templates, so I hand-coded one and left the >rest up to imagination.) And there is a template to format the output > (the copy template). Auto-generated stuff should go in one module, >hand-coded stuff in the other one. >Surely, this could be improved. Any comments welcome. >Two stylesheets and XML data follow. >Michael Ludwig >mludwig@forelle:~/Werkstatt/xsl > expand -t2 Sapir-2008-05-22.xsl ><xsl:transform version="2.0" > xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> > <xsl:import href="Sapir-sorting.xsl"/> > <xsl:template match="REPORT"> > <xsl:copy> > <ORDER-USED><xsl:value-of select="$order"/></ORDER-USED> > <xsl:apply-templates select="*"/> > </xsl:copy> > </xsl:template> ></xsl:transform> >mludwig@forelle:~/Werkstatt/xsl > expand -t2 Sapir-sorting.xsl ><xsl:transform version="2.0" > xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> > <!-- Generate this module to include all needed permutations > of your sort parameters. Hopefully, not too many! --> > <!-- sorting criteria identifier; normalize by eliminating spaces --> > <xsl:variable name="order" > select="translate(/REPORT/REPORT_FORMAT/ORDER_BY, ' ', '')"/> > <!-- just the copy template to generate output --> > <xsl:template match="@*|node()"> > <xsl:copy> > <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/> > </xsl:copy> > </xsl:template> > <!-- sorting templates; should be generated --> > <xsl:template match="X[ $order = 'DATE,ID_1,ID_2,TYPE' ]"> > <xsl:copy> > <xsl:apply-templates select="X_ROW"> > <xsl:sort select="DATE"/> > <xsl:sort select="ID_1"/> > <xsl:sort select="ID_2"/> > <xsl:sort select="TYPE"/> > </xsl:apply-templates> > </xsl:copy> > </xsl:template> > <!-- more of these --> ></xsl:transform> Merlin Securities - #1 Prime Broker North America and #1 Prime Broker Single Strategy Funds - Global Custodian 2007 #1 Prime Broker for Hedge Funds under $1 Billion - Alpha Survey 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message contains information from Merlin Securities, LLC, or from one of its affiliates, that may be confidential and privileged. If you are not an intended recipient, please refrain from any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of this information and note that such actions are prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone or by replying to this transmission. Merlin Securities, LLC is a registered broker-dealer. Services offered through Merlin Securities, LLC are not insured by the FDIC or any other Federal Government Agency, are not deposits of or guaranteed by Merlin Securities, LLC and may lose value. Nothing in this communication shall constitute a solicitation or recommendation to buy or sell a particular security.
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