hi ian...
i did it this way...

<xsl:for-each select="...">
  <xsl:sort data-type="text" select="whatever" order="{$sort_order}" />

in "sort_order" is either "descent" or "ascent" stored...

hope this helps

michael

Ian Sparks wrote:

> In a recursive function I'd like to change the sort sequence of nodes at
> different levels :
>
> <xsl:for-each ...>
>   <xsl:if test="$level != '0'"/><xsl:sort order="descending" .../></xsl:if>
>   <xsl:if test="$level = '0'"/><xsl:sort order="ascending" .../></xsl:if>
> ...
> </xsl:for-each>
>
> The above approach is invalid..is there some way to do this?
>
> - Ian Sparks.
>
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