Hi Kim,

> I have the following sort problem where I want to have the 
> sort key defined 
> as a parameter.
  ...
> <document>
> <row><column name="FirstName">John</column>
>       <column name="LastName">Doo</column>
> </row>
> <row><column name="FirstName">Alice</column>
>       <column name="LastName">Mulcaster</column>
> </row>
  ...
> <xsl:sort select="column[@name=*[name()=$sortByColumn]]"/>


Your problem is that you are trying to treat the attribute value as if it
were an element, and using the wildcard and name() functions. You are
overcomplicating things: all you need to do is sort by the column element
whose name attribute value (a string) equates to the parameter (another
string); this is a simple comparison. Just try

<xsl:sort select="column[@name=$sortByColumn]"/>

Hope that helps,

Stuart

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