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Guess it's time to get that .NET Saxon so I've got XSLT 2.0. :-) Thanks.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Kay [mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 7:12 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [xsl] Complex Sorting Help
>
> In XSLT 2.0 you can create a user-defined function and call it to compute
> your sort key.
>
> In 1.0 the simplest solution is probably a two-pass one: in the first
> pass,
> compute the sort keys and add them as an extra attribute to the Property
> elements; in the second pass, sort on that attribute.
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Crist, Trevor [mailto:tcrist@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 26 February 2006 00:02
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [xsl] Complex Sorting Help
> >
> > In the following example, I am trying to return the Property
> > with the cheapest TOTAL rate first.
> > What I WANT to do is something like, this, but of course it
> > doesn't work...
> > Any ideas how to get the desired results?
> >
> > XML:
> > <Properties>
> > 	<Property Name="My Hotel">
> >  		<Room Name="King Room">
> > 			<Day Date="04/15/2006" Quantity="2"
> > Price="180.00"/>
> > 			<Day Date="04/15/2006" Quantity="2"
> > Price="180.00"/>
> > 			<Day Date="04/15/2006" Quantity="2"
> > Price="100.00"/>
> > 		</Room>
> > 		<Room Name="Suite">
> > 			<Day Date="04/15/2006" Quantity="2"
> > Price="280.00"/>
> > 			<Day Date="04/15/2006" Quantity="2"
> > Price="280.00"/>
> > 			<Day Date="04/15/2006" Quantity="2"
> > Price="240.00"/>
> >             </Room>
> > 	</Property>
> > 	<Property Name="Other Hotel">
> >             <Room Name="Queen Room">
> > 			<Day Date="04/15/2006" Quantity="2"
> > Price="150.00"/>
> > 			<Day Date="04/15/2006" Quantity="2"
> > Price="165.00"/>
> > 			<Day Date="04/15/2006" Quantity="2"
> > Price="165.00"/>
> >             </Room>
> > 	</Property>
> > </Properties>
> >
> >
> >
> > XSL:
> > <xsl:for-each select="Property">
> > <xsl:sort order="ascending" data-type="number"
> > select="Room/sum(Day/@Price)"/>
> >        <br/><br/>
> >        <xsl:value-of select="@Name"/> <br/>
> >
> >        <xsl:for-each select="Room">
> >                    &#160; <xsl:value-of select="@Name"/> :
> > 			<xsl:value-of select="sum(Day/@Price)"/>
> >        </xsl:for-each>
> > </xsl:for-each>
> >
> >
> >
> > DESIRED RESULTS:
> > My Hotel
> >  King Room: 460.00
> >  Suite: 800.00
> >
> > Your Hotel
> >  Queen Room: 480.00

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