RE: [xsl] Grouping and Sorting on value inside group

[Wendell Piez <wapiez at mulberrytech dot com>]

Peter:

At 12:16 PM 6/12/2002, you wrote:
> At this point I don't think its worth you spending more time on it.  I just
> made one other reply a bit ago that may help explain the bit you where
> "missing".  It does have some open questions that I could use some opinions
> on, but I'm pretty much ok with the way the grouping is currently working.
All is cool then.

> The exception is the open question on  why I can't get the key to replace
> the //dataset reference to work.  That's what I'll play with over the next
> couple of days.  I may end up posting back to the list again, but I'm
> starting to suspect there's a way to restructure the whole set of templates
> to deal with the data with a different line of attack that may make the
> whole issue go away...
Hm. Well, a suggestion you made in your last message has me a *bit* 
concerned ... it might have been a typo, but a match="data//*/*" is very 
different from a match="data/*/*" (the second, a grandchild element of a 
data element, the first, any element descendant of a data element that is 
at least a grandchild). You should be sure to check out the exact semantics 
of '//' if you don't know them, since they're non-obvious (although they 
work well once you get the hang of them).

If you are still mystified after a day or three of letting the grey matter 
work, post actual code. If necessary we can get out the heavy guns and see 
if Jeni wants to take a crack. :->

Cheers,
Wendell


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