> 
> Thanks for your suggestions.  Michael, the following 
> variation of your suggestion came close to giving me the 
> desired result.
> 
> <xsl:template match="@* | node()">
>  <xsl:copy>
>  <xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()">
>    <xsl:sort select="name()"/>
>  </xsl:apply-templates>
>  </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> However, there are 2 problems:
> 1.)  It breaks when there are attributes in the source document, e.g.

Why did you change my code, which didn't have this problem?
> 
> 2.)  The formatting in the output is all out of whack, losing 
> its original identation and has extra blank lines, like the following:
> 

Use xsl:strip-space.

Michael Kay


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