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http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16399 xsl:sort does not sort special characters properly (according to their ascii values) Summary: xsl:sort does not sort special characters properly (according to their ascii values) Product: XalanJ2 Version: 2.4 Platform: PC OS/Version: Windows XP Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: Other Component: Xalan AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] xsl:sort does not sort special characters properly (according to their ascii values) Here is sample xml: <?xml version="1.0" ?> <sorting> <test><char> </char></test> <test><char>!</char></test> <test><char>"</char></test> <test><char>#</char></test> <test><char>$</char></test> <test><char>%</char></test> <test><char>'</char></test> <test><char>(</char></test> <test><char>)</char></test> <test><char>*</char></test> <test><char>+</char></test> <test><char>,</char></test> <test><char>-</char></test> <test><char>.</char></test> <test><char>/</char></test> <test><char>0</char></test> </sorting> Here is my stylesheet: <?xml version="1.0"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";> <xsl:output method="text"/> <xsl:variable name="newline"> <xsl:text> </xsl:text> </xsl:variable> <xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:apply-templates select="sorting"/> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="sorting"> <xsl:for-each select="test"> <xsl:sort select="char"/> <xsl:value-of select="char"/> <xsl:value-of select="$newline"/> </xsl:for-each> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> Here is output: <-- this is space - , ! / . ' " ( ) $ * # % + 0 If you compare output to ascii table you will see several problems in output.
