Hey Michael,

The wierdest thing is I never call the document() function, unless I'm
using some function that may be calling the document() function?

Manish

On Tue, 2002-08-27 at 11:56, Michael Kay wrote:
> > The parser I'm using is SAXON and the XSLT processor is 
> > Cocoon. I am using the saxon:evaluate function, so I don't 
> > know what other processors would support a similar function.
> 
> Um, no: Saxon is an XSLT processor, Cocoon is a ... (come to think of
> it, what kind of animal *is* Cocoon?).
> 
> Saxon includes an XML parser (AElfred), but the message "The root
> element is required in a well-formed document" is not coming from
> AElfred.
> 
> I would think that the most likely explanation for the message is that
> you are trying to load a document using the document() function, and the
> file exists but is empty. By default, Saxon reports an error from the
> document() function, but continues processing.
> 
> Michael Kay
> Software AG
> home: Michael.H.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> work: Michael.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>  
> > 
> > I can attach the XML input, but it is quite large. Is this 
> > okay with the group?
> > 
> > Michael, by the way, I would like to say that your XSL book 
> > is excellent. I have used it as a reference quite a bit, and 
> > it's helped me out of a lot of jams. 
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Manish
> > 
> > On Tue, 2002-08-27 at 03:41, Michael Kay wrote:
> > > The error message is coming from the XML parser. You could start by 
> > > telling us which XML parser and XSLT processor you are 
> > using. If you 
> > > don't understand the error messages from one product, a 
> > good strategy 
> > > is to try a different product and see if that's more helpful.
> > > 
> > > Beyond that, if you don't understand the message when you know what 
> > > the input looks like, it's unlikely that we will be able to 
> > explain it 
> > > when we don't.
> > > 
> > > Michael Kay
> > > Software AG
> > > home: Michael.H.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > work: Michael.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> > > > Manish Shah
> > > > Sent: 26 August 2002 19:40
> > > > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject:  SAXParseException
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Hey guys,
> > > > 
> > > > I'm stumped! I am generating html using xsl/xml, and it's a
> > > > pretty involved transformation. At random times, I get 
> > > > "SAXParseException: The root element is required in a 
> > > > well-formed document", but then below the exception, the 
> > > > generated html is actually there. Has anyone seen this 
> > > > before? I don't know where else to turn to. I'm not exactly 
> > > > sure how to show source, since there are a lot of includes . 
> > > > 
> > > > Manish
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
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