Hi Kim,
I have the following sort problem where I want to have the
sort key defined
as a parameter.
...
<document>
<row><column name="FirstName">John</column>
<column name="LastName">Doo</column>
</row>
<row><column name="FirstName">Alice</column>
<column name="LastName">Mulcaster</column>
</row>
...
<xsl:sort select="column[(_at_)name=*[name()=$sortByColumn]]"/>
Your problem is that you are trying to treat the attribute value as if it
were an element, and using the wildcard and name() functions. You are
overcomplicating things: all you need to do is sort by the column element
whose name attribute value (a string) equates to the parameter (another
string); this is a simple comparison. Just try
<xsl:sort select="column[(_at_)name=$sortByColumn]"/>
Hope that helps,
Stuart
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