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Re: document() missing the document
- From: "Thomas B. Passin" <tpassin at mitretek dot org>
- To: <xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 10:11:11 -0400
- Subject: Re: [xsl] document() missing the document
- References: <8211168649.20020822140120@gauweiler.net>
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[Bernd Gauweiler]
> I'm trying to copy a node set from an external document, using
> <xsl:copy-of select="document('zorro.xml')/......"/>. This is part of a
> transformation that is being kicked off via the selectSingleNode /
> transformNode() javascript interface in IE. Works great, provided
> zorro.xml actually exists.
>
> If zorro.xml doesn't exist, or the server is down, IE6 produces a
> Javascript exception and the transformation fails.
>
> Is there a way to write the XSLT stylesheet so that zorro.xml is
> optional? In other words, for the transformation to succeed even if
> document() fails?
>
Sounds like you need a try/except clause to bracket the call to
selectSingleNode(). javascript these days can do that.
Cheers,
Tom P
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