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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 XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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