Bingo.

Many thanks, sir.

I think I'll write my own collation class anyway, but now it'll be a 
no-stress exercise to increase my understanding of Java and Saxon, rather 
than a gotta-do-it-right-now-for-a-client task.

Jay Bryant
Bryant Communication Services
(presently consulting at Synergistic Solution Technologies)




David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> 
07/21/2005 01:55 PM
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Re:  Sorting values that contain spaces







> Lazy bum that I am, I was hoping for a method that wouldn't require a 
Java 

If you find some character that is sorteded before "a" eg "@" thenyou
can do

<xsl:sort select="translate(@name,' ','@')

David

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