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RE: XSL month sorting (chronologically)
- From: "Michael Kay" <michael dot h dot kay at ntlworld dot com>
- To: <xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 13:38:49 +0100
- Subject: RE: [xsl] XSL month sorting (chronologically)
- Reply-to: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
You need to use different quotes inside the attribute: change
<xsl:sort
select="string-length(substring-before("JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
",
substring("date",4,3))" data-type="number" />
to
<xsl:sort
select="string-length(substring-before('JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
',
substring(date,4,3))" data-type="number" />
note also the removal of quotes around "date".
Michael Kay
Software AG
home: Michael.H.Kay@ntlworld.com
work: Michael.Kay@softwareag.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com]On Behalf Of murli bk
> Sent: 12 April 2002 12:12
> To: XSL-List@lists.mulberrytech.com
> Subject: Re: [xsl] XSL month sorting (chronologically)
>
>
> Hi,
> I tried out Michael's suggestion using string-length. I am getting
> "Whitespace required before attributes" exception. What could be the
> problem.
>
> The sorting is done first on the year, then on the month and
> then on the
> day.
>
> The xml file I use is
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <eventlog>
> <event>
> <date>10 Apr 2002</date>
> <data>Test5</data>
> </event>
> <event>
> <date>14 Apr 2001</date>
> <data>Test1</data>
> </event>
> <event>
> <date>09 Mar 2002</date>
> <data>Test4</data>
> </event>
> <event>
> <date>08 Mar 2003</date>
> <data>Test6</data>
> </event>
> <event>
> <date>01 Jan 2002</date>
> <data>Test2</data>
> </event>
> <event>
> <date>11 Feb 2002</date>
> <data>Test3</data>
> </event>
> </eventlog>
>
>
> The xsl script(which gives a html output) I used is
>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
>
> <xsl:template match="/">
> <HTML>
> <HEAD>
> <TITLE>
> <xsl:for-each select="eventlog">
> </xsl:for-each>
> MURALI'S MAGIC
> </TITLE>
> </HEAD>
>
> <BODY>
>
> <H3 ALIGN="CENTRE">
> EventLog Information
> </H3>
>
> <xsl:for-each select="eventlog">
> <TABLE border="1">
>
> <THEAD>
> <TR>
> <TH>Date</TH>
> <TH>Data</TH>
> </TR>
> </THEAD>
>
> <TBODY>
>
> <xsl:for-each select="event">
> <xsl:sort select="substring(date, 8, 4)" data-type="number" />
> <xsl:sort
> select="string-length(substring-before("JanFebMarAprMayJunJulA
> ugSepOctNovDec",
> substring("date",4,3))" data-type="number" />
> <xsl:sort select="substring(date, 1, 2)" data-type="number" />
>
> <TR>
> <TD><xsl:value-of select="date"/></TD>
> <TD><xsl:value-of select="data"/></TD>
> </TR>
>
>
> </xsl:for-each>
>
> </TBODY>
>
> </TABLE>
>
> </xsl:for-each>
>
>
> </BODY>
>
> </HTML>
> </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
>
>
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