Subject: RE: Formatting XSL for XML to CSV translation
From: "Passin, Tom" <tpassin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 11:10:45 -0400
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[David Carlisle]
> Ypu should add an xsl:sort here (eg on name()) as otherwise
> your columns
> will come out in arbitrary order, and possibly different orders
> on each row.
>
Excellent addition.
> > However, the
> > order should not be important because with a relational database,
>
> but in a csv file if each row has things in a different order how can
> you know which field is which?
>
I'll bet that in practice, the order will come out the same way in each
row - it's just that you cannot be sure what that order would be. But
it's true - there is no guarantee - your sort will take care of it.
Cheers,
Tom P
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