[Javascript] how to set Meta refresh

Jursa, Jan (init) Jan.Jursa at init.de
Mon May 30 03:26:50 CDT 2005


Hi,
i am trying to set the http-equiv="refresh" at runtime, but can't get it
to work.
Have you any ideas:




function setMetaRefresh(){
	var meta;
	if (document.createElement && (meta =
document.createElement('meta'))) {
	// solution 1 ?
	//meta.httpEquiv = "refresh";
	//meta.content = "2"
//document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(meta);

	// solution 2 ?
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(meta);
	meta.setAttribute('http-equiv', 'refresh');
	meta.setAttribute('content', '2');
	}
}


cheers,
j






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