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Error message - xsl:apply-templates may not contain xsl:sort

I get the above error message in my code and I am looking to see if someone can help me out.

Here is what I am trying to do:

I have an XSL file - sort.xsl and it has the following data:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl">
      <xsl:template match="RecordSet">
      <xsl:apply-templates select="Record">
      <xsl:sort select="DESC" />
      <xsl:sort select="NUMBER" />
      </xsl:apply-templates>
      </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

I have an xml file that I need sorted. Test.xml
<RecordSet>
      <Record rownum="1">
            <DESC>Good Product</DESC>
            <NUMBER>123</NUMBER>
            <QUANTITY>5</QUANTITY>
      </Record>
      <Record rownum="2">
            <DESC>Very Bad Product</DESC>
            <NUMBER>123A</NUMBER>
            <QUANTITY>5</QUANTITY>
      </Record>
      <Record rownum="2">
            <DESC>Very Good Product</DESC>
            <NUMBER>ABC</NUMBER>
            <QUANTITY>5</QUANTITY>
      </Record>
      <Record rownum="1">
            <DESC>Bad Product</DESC>
            <NUMBER>123SDA</NUMBER>
            <QUANTITY>5</QUANTITY>
      </Record>
      <Record rownum="2">
            <DESC>Very Bad Product</DESC>
            <NUMBER>123</NUMBER>
            <QUANTITY>5</QUANTITY>
      </Record>
      <Record rownum="2">
            <DESC>Very Bad Product</DESC>
            <NUMBER>123</NUMBER>
            <QUANTITY>5</QUANTITY>
      </Record>
<RecordSet>

I need to do this in an ASP page. This is part of a huge ASP page, so I am pasting only the pertinent information here.

Set objXML = Server.CreateObject ("MSXML2.DOMDocument.3.0")
Set objSortXSL = Server.CreateObject ("MSXML2.DOMDocument.3.0")

If Not objSortXSL.load(server.MapPath("Sort.xsl")) then
Response.Write "Problems"
Response.end
End If

Response.write objPC2XML.transformNode(objSortXSL)

Upon execution I get the following error message while trying to transform the node.

Error Type:
msxml3.dll (0x80004005)
Keyword xsl:apply-templates may not contain xsl:sort.

I have MSXML3 version SP3 installed in side by side mode with V2.

If someone can help that would be great. Thanks.

Hari.

Brad Dobyns, CSM

Well, you'll need to do away with Version 2 because XSLT isn't supported with MSXML2. If you're doing client-side transformation in Internet Explorer, you need MSXML3 installed in replace mode. Try reading the MSXML FAQ at
http://www.netcrucible.com/xslt/msxml-faq.htm.

Brad

StuckOnceAgain

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I am not using V2. I Explicitly call out V3 with

CreateObject ("MSXML2.DOMDocument.3.0")

Also, I am trying the transformation on the server side and not on the clinet side.

Brad Dobyns, CSM

OK. Well, I think you need to take out the select attribute for the apply-templates statement. That might help as I don't think I've seen that in any of the XML I've seen:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl">
<xsl:template match="RecordSet">
<xsl:apply-templates>
<xsl:sort select="DESC" />
<xsl:sort select="NUMBER" />
</xsl:apply-templates>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Brad

Brad Dobyns, CSM

I've seen the select attribute used this way:

<xsl:template match="Record">
Description: <xsl:apply-templates select="DESC"/>
Number: <xsl:apply-templates select="NUMBER"/>
Quantity: <xsl:apply-templates select="QUANTITY"/>
<xsl:text></xsl:text>
</xsl:template>

Does that help?

Brad

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StuckOnceAgain

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acperkins, U THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

duh, i can't believe that i used the old namespace. Yup that did the trick.

Yea the xml not being well formed was a typo. But the namespace wasnt.

Thanks a bunch.