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At 2009-02-19 10:13 -0600, Quinn Dombrowski wrote:
I'm using 2.0 (sorry, I should've mentioned that), so I'll try Michael's solution and let you know how it goes... Before you do so, Quinn ..... At 2009-02-19 10:19 -0500, I wrote: In XSLT 2.0, choose the first item in a sequence of many items, priority indicated by the order of your sequence: At 2009-02-19 15:47 +0000, Michael Kay wrote: Would it work to sort on the concatenation? - I think the sequence solution is safer than the concatenation solution because if more than one field is present, then the initial characters of a following field, tacked on to the final characters of a preceding field, will but the record out of order. Consider the following: <biblStruct id="b1">
<monogr>
<author>abc</author>
...
<analytic>
<author>xyz</author>
...
<biblStruct id="b2">
<monogr>
<author>abcdef</author>Using the sequence approach would put "b1" before "b2" in the result because "abc" is before "abcdef", while using the concatenation approach would put "b2" before "b1" in the result because "abcdef" is before "abcxyz". I hope this illustrates an important issue that was neglected in your decision. . . . . . . . . . . Ken -- Upcoming hands-on XQuery, XSLT, UBL & code list training classes: Brussels, BE 2009-03; Prague, CZ 2009-03, http://www.xmlprague.cz Training tools: Comprehensive interactive XSLT/XPath 1.0/2.0 video Video lesson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrNjJCh7Ppg&fmt=18 Video overview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTiodiij6gE&fmt=18 G. Ken Holman mailto:gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Crane Softwrights Ltd. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/ Male Cancer Awareness Nov'07 http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/bc Legal business disclaimers: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/legal
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