Any suggestions on how to do this? I'm wondering if there's a better
approach to my general problem, too...

-tfo

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Thomas F. O'Connell [mailto:tfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> >
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > Here's my current approach:
> >
> > <table>
> > 	<th>Header</th>
> > <xsl:apply-templates select="node[position() &lt;= 100]">
> > 	<xsl:sort select="valid" />
> > </xsl:apply-templates>
> > </table>
> >
> <snip />
> > ... but I was under the impression that the sort would apply to the
> > nodes before their positions were considered.
> 
> The sorting works like this:
> 
> - you select the first 100 nodes
> - then sort those on their (possibly absent) valid node
> 
> If you want them all sorted first, you'll have to find a way to achieve the
> sorting before the grouping...
> 
> Greetz,
> 
> Andreas