Webmaster Forum / HTML, CSS, Scripts / JavaScript / July 2009

I have a JavaScript code that fetches code lines from another page
into a string, but I don't know how to run this code in the page I
need.
I've tried this but it didn't work:

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Object models (OMs) are not part of the ECMAScript language; they

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JScript is Microsoft's implementation of ECMAScript.

I'm not real familiar with JQuery, but it's my understanding that the
callback called back from the "get()" function takes two parameters,
the first being the data returned from the call, and the second is
always the string "success".  Is that correct?  What is the point of

I am having to remove/change any dangerous characters in a text input
using Javascript and
wsp2[i] = wsp2[i].replace(/&/,"and");
works fine but

I have a table that contains two columns. Each column has a textbox in
it. I need to sum up the numbers entered into the textboxes. This has
to be done client side using javascript, the rest of the application
is an asp .net application.

I have some Javascript on this page:
http://yong321.freeshell.org/misc/CardGame24.html
When I use my Blackberry to access it, only the Deal button works as
expected. When pressing the Show Answer button in the page, nothing

I was expecting
   [a, b, c].join('');
to be equal to
   '' + a + b + c;

http://h4dev.com/entries?search=javascript+ie+8+bugs
The h4dev.com knowledgebase is a project to see whether it's possible
to develop a different search interface for common questions about the
JS language, browser implementations, and supporting libraries /

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environment: WinXP client, Ubuntu server
I use the following code to open a new window:
function newMail(msg_num)   { // open window to get new mail
  var url = "newmail.php/?type=" + msg_num;

I am working on changing some HTML.  I need to find how the value of a
hidden field is being set.  The value of the hidden field will be set
based upon a user selection. This HTML has a hidden field.  The value
of the hidden field comes from a value that is not displayed but is

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At the moment I am using Ajax.Updater to send data to a php file but
the posted data received by the php file seems to vary with the
browser being used and I have been recommened to use json.
I have googled but so far have not found anything simple enough!

Douglas Cockcroft, on page 140 of his Good Parts book, wrote
"JavaScript's global object [...] is far and away the worst part of
JavaScript's many bad parts."
Whether or not you agree with this statement (and please don't discuss