I see - I thought you were talking about a mechanism to prevent the problem
I was encountering with embedded javascript.

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 11:39 AM
To: General Mark Logic Developer Discussion
Subject: Re: [MarkLogic Dev General] embedded javascript
problemconverting<to &lt; even though I'm using a CDATA section


On Jan 30, 2009, at 11:34 AM, Tim Meagher wrote:

> Hi Rob,
>
> Where in the example below would you insert the comment?

Not sure I understand. It is just for a script element where you  
include a js/json resource:

<script src="path/to/my.js" type="text/javascript">//</script>

best,
-Rob


>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert  
> Koberg
> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 11:31 AM
> To: General Mark Logic Developer Discussion
> Subject: Re: [MarkLogic Dev General] embedded javascript problem
> converting<to &lt; even though I'm using a CDATA section
>
>
> On Jan 30, 2009, at 11:26 AM, Eric Palmitesta wrote:
>
>> Interesting!  Can you explain how/why that works?
>
> It is just a javascript comment that keeps the element from closing :)
>
>
>>
>>
>> Eric
>>
>> Robert Koberg wrote:
>>> On Jan 30, 2009, at 11:16 AM, Tim Meagher wrote:
>>>> I reckon using a separate .js file is the way to go - I especially
>>>> appreciate the {' '} hint.
>>> You could do away with ML processing for this type of thing if you
>>> just used:
>>> <script>//</script>
>>> best,
>>> -Rob
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Tim
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: [email protected]
>>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric
>>>> Palmitesta
>>>> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 11:12 AM
>>>> To: General Mark Logic Developer Discussion
>>>> Subject: Re: [MarkLogic Dev General] embedded javascript problem
>>>> converting<
>>>> to &lt; even though I'm using a CDATA section
>>>>
>>>> I ran into similar problems with in-script and in-line javascript  
>>>> in
>>>> xquery pages, but all problems were mitigated by relocating all JS
>>>> code
>>>> to *.js files and referencing them via <script type="text/
>>>> javascript"
>>>> src="file.js">{' '}</script>, leaving only simple JS function
>>>> calls in
>>>> my xquery code.
>>>>
>>>> The {' '} is there between the script tags to prevent marklogic  
>>>> from
>>>> collapsing them into <script ... />.
>>>>
>>>> Eric
>>>>
>>>> Tim Meagher wrote:
>>>>> I have trying to embed some javascript in an xquery file and am
>>>>> enclosing
>>>>> the script in a CDATA section, but when the page renders, the
>>>>> less than
>>>>> operator
>>>>>
>>>>>   <
>>>>>
>>>>> is getting converted to
>>>>>
>>>>>   &lt;
>>>>>
>>>>> which renders the javascript useless.  Here's the javascript code
>>>>> (note
>>>> the
>>>>> less than comparator used in for loop of the clearForm function)
>>>>> embedded
>>>> in
>>>>> the head element:
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> <head><title>blah blah blah</title>
>>>>>  <script type="text/javascript">
>>>>>      <![CDATA[
>>>>>      var foo = function() { alert('test') };
>>>>>
>>>>>      function clearForm(oForm) {
>>>>>          var elements = oForm.elements;
>>>>>          oForm.reset();
>>>>>          for(i=0; i<elements.length; i++) {
>>>>>              field_type = elements[i].type.toLowerCase();
>>>>>              switch(field_type) {
>>>>>                  case "text":
>>>>>                  case "password":
>>>>>                  case "textarea":
>>>>>                  case "hidden":
>>>>>                      elements[i].value = "";
>>>>>                      break;
>>>>>                  case "radio":
>>>>>                  case "checkbox":
>>>>>                      if (elements[i].checked) {
>>>>>                          elements[i].checked = false;
>>>>>                      }
>>>>>                      break;
>>>>>                  case "select-one":
>>>>>                  case "select-multi":
>>>>>                      elements[i].selectedIndex = -1;
>>>>>                      break;
>>>>>                  default:
>>>>>                      break;
>>>>>              }
>>>>>          }
>>>>>      }
>>>>>      ]]>
>>>>>  </script>
>>>>> </head>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> - Tim
>>>>>
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