I think that when it gets to this level of complexity, you should
seriously consider generating a stylesheet containing xsl:sort elements
to reflect the chosen sort order. If you're running client side, the
extra processing cost probably won't be noticeable.
Michael Kay
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
[mailto:owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com] On Behalf Of
Kyle Himmerick
Sent: 27 October 2003 05:48
To: XSL-List(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: [xsl] Generic sort using multiple columns
Hello,
I need to allow users to sort data by multiple columns (primary,
secondary, tertiary etc).
I'm trying to keep it as generic as possible. For example, the user
might choose to sort by column 1 asc, column 2 desc and
column 3 asc.
I'll handle this as a list control where they can change the
sort order
on each column (ie 1st click sorts column asc, 2nd click sorts column
desc, 3rd click removes sort without affecting any other columns that
may be sorted). So precedence will be in the order the
elements appear
(or left to right when displayed).
I am already doing a dynamic sort using:
<xsl:for-each select="DATA">
<xsl:sort select="*[name()=$orderby]" order="{$order}"
data-type="{$ordertype}"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="."/>
</xsl:for-each>
My web page is passing in these three variables orderby, order and
ordertype. This works well but does not meet my above requirement.
I can fight with constructing parameters to be passed into the
stylesheet, but I'm stuck as to how I can actually apply them.
sample xml format:
<LIST>
<DATA>
<firstName>Kyle</firstName>
<phone>123.313.1234</phone>
<job>grunt</job>
</DATA>
<DATA>
<firstName>Joe</firstName>
<phone>312.123.1234</phone>
<job>boss</job>
</DATA>
</LIST>
maybe
$asc = 'firstName, job'
$desc = 'phone'
- or -
$orderby=firstName, phone, job
$order=asc,desc,asc
$type=text,number,text
Has anyone seen this done or have any ideas?
Thanks for your help.
-Kyle
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