Re: [xsl] how to avoid losing data when the transformation fails

["Wolfhart Totschnig wolfhart.totschnig@xxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Is that an XSLT problem in that the XSLT processor really reads and 
> writes the same file in a single transformation?
>
> Or should your "script" somehow note that the XSLT failed to produce a 
> normal result and in that case not overwrite the input?

Sorry for not having been clear. The situation is that, when I call 
Saxon, the source and the output are the same file:

java -cp "/home/wolfhart/Programs/Saxon/saxon9he.jar" 
net.sf.saxon.Transform -s:biblio.xml -xsl:new_biblio.xsl -o:biblio.xml

So, when new_biblio.xsl fails because of an unforeseen error (often due 
to external data not having the expected form), I get a truncated or 
empty biblio.xml.