If you know that the name being passed in is an attribute, then you can
do

<xsl:sort select="@*[name()=$param1]"/>

If you don't know whether it's an element or an attribute then you've
got a problem because it's ambiguous, but you could try

<xsl:sort select="(*|@*)[name()=$param1]"/>

Michael Kay


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Grant, Kathryn --- Sr. Technical Writer --- WGO
> Sent: 03 February 2004 19:18
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Sorting on an attribute passed as a parameter 
> from JavaScript
> 
> 
> I think this problem probably has a simple solution. I have a 
> web page with a JavaScript that passes a parameter to an XSL 
> file so a sort can be performed using the parameter. The sort 
> works with element names, but not with attribute names.
> 
> For example, given the following XML:
> 
>     <SCReg reg_num="04">EREG</SCReg>
> 
> when I pass "SCReg" to the XSL file as param1, the sort works 
> correctly. But when I pass "SCReg/@reg_num," the sort doesn't work. 
> 
> Here's the sort code from the XSL file:
> 
>     <xsl:sort select="*[name()=$param1]"/>
> 
> Apparently this code doesn't work with attributes. How can I 
> tweak it so it works with elements and attributes?
> 
> I should add that <xsl:sort select="SCReg/@reg_num"/> DOES work.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> Kathryn
> 
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