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Bug in xsl:sort for content with spaces

           Summary: Bug in xsl:sort for content with spaces
           Product: XalanJ2
           Version: 2.4
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows NT/2K
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: Other
         Component: Xalan-CmdLine
        AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
        ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


Given...

<NameList>
 <Record><Name>A</Name></Record>
 
<Record><Name>AAL</Name></Record>
 <Record><Name>Amanda</Name></Record>
 
<Record><Name>Amy</Name></Record>
 <Record><Name>A 
Maureen</Name></Record>
</NameList>

...and applying the following 
stylesheet...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
 <xsl:output method="html" 
indent="yes"/>

 <xsl:variable name="lower" 
select="'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'"/>
 <xsl:variable name="upper" 
select="'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'"/>

 <xsl:template match="NameList">
  
<xsl:comment><xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:vendor')"/>
  </xsl:comment>
  
<table>
   <xsl:apply-templates select="Record">
    <xsl:sort select="translate(Name, 
$lower, $upper)"/>
   </xsl:apply-templates>
  </table>
 </xsl:template>

 
<xsl:template match="Record">
     <tr><td><xsl:value-of select="Name"/></td></tr>
 
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

I get...

<!--Apache Software Foundation--
><table>
<tr>
<td>A</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AAL</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Amanda</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A 
Maureen</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Amy</td>
</tr>
</table>

...using xalan, and (for 
example)...

<!--SAXON 6.4.1 from Michael Kay--><table>
   <tr>
      <td>A</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      
<td>A Maureen</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td>AAL</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td>Amanda</td>
   
</tr>
   <tr>
      <td>Amy</td>
   </tr>
</table>

...using saxon. It looks like xalan is 
removing the space between "A" and "Maureen", causing it to sort below Amanda. It 
looks like a bug 
to me.

Workaround: If I replace my upper and lower variables with...

<xsl:variable 
name="lower" select="' abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'"/>
<xsl:variable name="upper" 
select="'_ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'"/>

...it works as expected.