Sorting XML

[slamnwire]

I'm working with the DOM in VB, and would like to sort the child elements of a node by their attributes. Can this be done and can you provide an example?

For example...

<FruitStand>
<Apples>
<Apple AppleType=&quot;Granny Smith&quot; Color=&quot;Green&quot;/>
<Apple AppleType=&quot;Macintosh&quot; Color=&quot;Red&quot;/>
...
<Apple AppleType=&quot;Red Delicious&quot; Color=&quot;Red&quot;/>
</Apples>
</FruitStand>

I might for instance want to sort by Color.

 

[wujen]

slamnwire,

the best bet would be using xsd:

<?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; ?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs = &quot;

http://w3c.org/2001/schema&quot;>

<xs:element name = &quot;Apple&quot;>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence name= &quot;red&quot; type = &quot;xs:string&quot; />
<xs:sequence name= &quot;green&quot; type = &quot;xs:string&quot; />
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>

</xml>

this might help since you did not give a full detail beyond sort by color?

Aaron

 

[chiph]

slamnwire -

You know, of course, that the XML spec does not imply that elements appear in any particular order?

Chip H.