Hi Kim,
[...]
I know that the sort key if
defined as
parameter, I should use "xalan:evalue($sortKey)" or "*[name()
= $sortKey]".
In this case, I want to sort the rows by the FirstName column
or by LastName
column and First Name.
You don't need the evalue function, or name() here.
If I say,
<xsl:sort select="column[(_at_)name='FirstName']"/>
then, it works properly.
so just use
<xsl:sort select="column[(_at_)name=$sortKey]"/>
where $sortKey contains either "FirstName" or "LastName".
You've given the columns @name attributes, so you don't need the name()
function.
On the other hand, if you had
<row>
<columnA>foo</columnA>
<columnB>bar</columnB>
</row>
and you wanted to sort either on columnA or columnB, you'd use
<xsl:sort select="*[name()=$sortKey]"/>
HTH,
Tom SW
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