Looking for some help here.

I have a simple XML file with products with the following format:

<products>

<product type="shop" id="4">
<name>Drill Bit Set</name>
<description>A set of 24 high-speed drill bits in a steel case.</description>
<feature>High-speed steel</feature>
<feature>Titanium coated for long life</feature>
</product>

<product type="garden" id="1">
<name>Lawn Mower</name>
<description>A great push mower</description>
<feature>Runs great</feature>
</product>

<product type="garden" id="3">
<name>Leaf Blower</name>
<description>A great tool to clean up the yard fast</description>
<feature>210mph</feature>
<feature>110Volts</feature>
</product>

<product type="shop" id="2">
<name>Hand Plane</name>
<description>Smooth those edges on boards fast.</description>
<feature>Cast iron construction</feature>
<feature>High-carbon blade</feature>
</product>

.
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These products may or may not be in any particular order. What I need is an XSLT file that will generate a sorted list of products by name based on whether I specify either "garden" or "shop".

I'd be hanged if this has me stumped. Any help would be really great!

Thanks much,
Gary

I'm not sure exactly what you want, but it sounds something like

<xsl:template match="products">

  <xsl:for-each select="product[@type='garden']">
    <xsl:sort select="name"/>
    <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
  </xsl:for-each>

  <xsl:for-each select="product[@type='shop']">
    <xsl:sort select="name"/>
    <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
  </xsl:for-each>

</xsl:template>

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

Thanks Michael,

That worked beautifully. I appreciate your help!

Best regards,
Gary