Use doc-available() to test whether a document exists.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tom tom [mailto:tomxsllist@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 27 April 2007 15:51
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  doc() and document()
> 
> I wish to reference an external XML document that may or may 
> not actually exist using XSLT 2. When it doesn't exist a 
> command such as
> 
>   <xsl:value-of select="document('ttt.xml')/one"/>
> 
> doesn't cause the transformation to fail whereas a command such as
> 
>   <xsl:value-of select="doc('ttt.xml')/one"/>
> 
> does. I am using Saxon 8.
> 
> My understanding is that, since I am using XSLT 2, the doc() 
> function provides a more simple solution. Can someone advise 
> the correct way implement this?
> 
> Thanks
> 
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