Re: [xsl] Table breaks AND multi-level sorting (and confusion)

[Rob Wygand <rob at wygand dot com>]

Sorry about the sample, it was late and I just plain lost track of what 
I was doing...

I guess I will need to use an extension function, as I do not have the 
luxury of using two stylesheets.  I'm using Xalan, which has such a 
function, but the documentation on it is very, very weak which is why I 
have been avoiding it thus far.

Thanks for your assistance.
rjw

Michael Kay wrote:

> This definitely calls for a two-pass transformation: first sort, then
> arrange into columns. Either use the node-set() extension function to turn
> the output of the first pass into the input of the second, or use two
> separate stylesheets.
> 
> Incidentally, it's very confusing to be told that you want the output five
> columns wide and then be given sample output that is two columns wide.
> Perhaps that's why you chose the subject heading you did.
> 
> Mike Kay
> 
> 
>> Given the following XML:
>> 
>> <response>
>>    <item type="a" name="abc"/>
>>    <item type="b" name="yyy"/>
>>    <item type="a" name="xyz"/>
>>    <item type="a" name="cde"/>
>>    <item type="b" name="aaa"/>
>>    ...
>> </response>
>> 
>> I need to generate to generate a table in HTML that is 5
>> columns wide, sorted fiorst by type and second by name such as this:
>> 
>> <table>
>>    <tr>
>>      <td>abc</td>
>>      <td>cde</td>
>>    </tr>
>>    <tr>
>>      <td>xyz</td>
>>      <td>aaa</td>
>>    </tr>
>>    <tr>
>>      <td>yyy</td>
>>      <td></td>
>>    </tr>
>>    ...
>> </table>
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
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