At 2004-02-06 00:22 +0100, Peter Billen wrote:
But how do I combine test="self::book:title" with a variable $sort,
You can't ... since you are dealing with strings being passed on the
command line, and node tests along axes must be known at compile time, to
be namespace-safe you must deal with both components of the name.
Say you have from the command line two parameters:
<xsl:param name="sort-name"/>
<xsl:param name="sort-uri"/>
Then you can sort by children with both name components in a namespace-safe
fashion for string values using:
<xsl:sort select="*[local-name()=$sort-name and
namespace-uri()=$sort-uri]"/>
Can you see how the above doesn't get impacted by the namespace prefix
utilized by the instance?
but test="self::book:$sort" will probably not work
Yes, it will not work. You cannot use a variable in a node test, but you
can use a variable in a predicate in most expressions (but not in pattern
expressions).
I hope this helps.
................................. Ken
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