<David.Pawson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:9B66BBD37D5DD411B8CE00508B69700F049E1705@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Given a simple table like the one below,
> I need to copy it, with the content sorted by the first entry.
>
> I *thought* it should work using an identity stylesheet,
>
> with
>
> <xsl:template match="tbody">
>   <tbody>
>    <xsl:apply-templates>
>     <xsl:sort select="row/entry[1]/para"/>
>    </xsl:apply-templates>
>   </tbody>
> </xsl:template>
>
> but it only works with
>    <xsl:sort/>
>

Hi Dave,

Probably you wanted:

<xsl:template match="tbody">
  <tbody>
   <xsl:apply-templates>
    <xsl:sort select="entry[1]/para"/>
   </xsl:apply-templates>
  </tbody>
</xsl:template>

Note that the value of the sort key is calculated relative to the selected
node. A "row" does not have a "row" child.



=====
Cheers,

Dimitre Novatchev.
http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL




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