http://www.speedcubing.com/records/recs_cube_333.html
I have succeeded in handling the basic requirements in xsl, but I have
run into a few problems:
- notice in the existing records page that two people are tied for first
place. In this case, they should both have "1" in the "Place" column.
My current approach fails: when I sort on the time column and use the
value of position() for place, it unfairly gives one of them second
place. Is there another way?
Yes, it is called grouping. You can learn more about the Muenchian method
for grouping at:
http://www.jenitennison.com/xslt/grouping/index.html
- recent records are given a yellow background so they stand out. To do
this, I need to test if the record date is greater-than 14 days ago.
My current idea for this is to store dates in yyyymmdd format, and
pass the date of 14 days ago as an xsl parameter. Then colour yellow
each record if its date is greater than the parameter. Can anyone
think of a better way that doesn't require such a parameter?
- the time field needs to be formatted for any value from hundredths of
a second up to days or years. Will I need to write my own extension
function to do the formatting, or does one exist already?
I use the datetime_lib.xsl library, distributed with Xselerator (you can
just download the trial version).
A long time ago I wrote an XSLT Calendar application using this library --
this can be obtained at:
http://www.topxml.com/code/default.asp?p=3&id=v20020711152545
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Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev.
http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL
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