Collating sequences are implementation-defined, so you need to say which
processor you are using.

XSLT 2.0 and Saxon 8 give you control over the choice of collating sequence
(though you need to understand the underlying Java mechanisms pretty well to
exploit this).

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: JBryant@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:JBryant@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 21 July 2005 17:57
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Sorting values that contain spaces
> 
> Given input like this (a list of SQL table names):
> 
> <tables>
>   <table name="Claim"/>
>   <table name="Claim Aggregate Queue"/>
>   <table name="Claimant"/>
>   <table name="Claim Association Fact"/>
> </tables>
> 
> And XSL like this:
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" 
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> 
>   <xsl:template match="tables">
>     <xsl:for-each select="table">
>       <xsl:sort select="@name"/>
>       <xsl:value-of select="@name"/><xsl:if test="not(position() = 
> last())"><xsl:text>, </xsl:text></xsl:if>
>     </xsl:for-each>
>   </xsl:template>
> 
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
> I get this:
> 
> Claim, Claim Aggregate Queue, Claimant, Claim Association Fact
> 
> I would like to get this:
> 
> Claim, Claim Aggregate Queue, Claim Association Fact, Claimant
> 
> How can I get that?
> 
> I checked the FAQ and various archives of the list, but I didn't find 
> anything on target.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Jay Bryant
> Bryant Communication Services
> (presently consulting at Synergistic Solution Technologies)