[Javascript] innerHTML

[hormuz maloo]

Can somebody please elaborate a little on "innerHTML". I have heard it
mentioned at various places. What does it do exactly? Is it part of
JavaScript, CSS, or what? Will appreciate a short summary or some good links
on the topic.
Thanks in advance,
Hormuz

Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 08:44:36 -0700
Subject: Re: [Javascript] getting text from another page
From: Ben Curtis <Quixote at LaMancha.org>
To: <javascript at latech.edu>
Reply-To: javascript at LaTech.edu


> I need to grab some text from one HTML page and put it on another.
> 
> The text conveniently sits inbetween some tags called <!--
> lymmtemp --> <!-- lymmtempend -->
> 
> How do I go about getting this text on another html page?


>I would suggest going server-side with this; PHP, Perl, ASP, or ColdFusion
>would do nicely. If, for some reason, you *need* to do this clientside,
then
>you will need to make sure the two pages are in the same domain. With IE or
>N6 you can then get the innerHTML of the page, and use a regular expression
>to find the relevant string. Could be a lot of work or piece of cake. Good
>luck.

>--
>+Ben Curtis

>"One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown
>is the belief that one's work is terribly important."
>- Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
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