[thelist] Validating JavaScript

James Aylard evolt at equilon-mrc.com
Tue Mar 13 16:28:36 CST 2001


jeff,

> nonetheless, my suggestion is slightly different.  instead of including
the
> variables and functions within the same script block, you need to include
> them in a script block *before* the script block that includes the
external
> file.  that way you can be guaranteed that those that support external
files
> will overwrite the first instance of the variables and functions.  this
> method has been tested on every implementation i can find and has never
> failed.

    Ah, so my memory was only *slightly* faulty. ;) It does look as though
your suggestion would make the scripts that much more reliable. Thanks for
the refresher.

James Aylard






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