RE: Problems with sort.

[Kay Michael <Michael dot Kay at icl dot com>]

> That worked, but there is one more aspect of it that I need 
> to figure out.
> Some of the sort keys the user can select are text, and some 
> are numeric.
> Some how I need to toggle back and forth (data-type). I was 
> thinking I could
> have setup a global variable and set it according to if 
> statements, like if
> /PAGE/@sort is "project number" then set the global variable 
> to number.
> 
> What I'm not sure is:
> 
> a) Where in an XSL document would you put the if statements 
> to setup the global variable?

<xsl:variable name="type">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="/PAGE/@sort='project_number'>number</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>text</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:variable>

> b) How would I put the value of the global variable into the data-type
> attribute of the sort? Would I use the same command you gave 
> me for the select attribute? 
<xsl:sort data-type="{type}"/>

Mike Kay


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