Re: document.write and validation

Use HTML comment tags to hide the scripting from validators (and javascript
non-compliant browsers, too).

<.SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript">
<.!--
...javascript here
//-->
<./SCRIPT>

Justin H.

----- Original Message -----
From: "tim booker" <timbooker(at)btinternet.com>
Subject: document.write and validation


> Hello All,
>
> When I try to validate a page that uses document.write to insert HTML, the
> W3C validator gives me an error.
>
> For example, if I had:
>
> document.write('<a href="'index.html">click here</a>');
>
> The validator doesn't seem to see the opening tag, and so reports an error
> when it sees the closing.
>
> Is that section of JavaScript invalid?  Or, is it a problem with the
> validator that causes it not to see the opening tag?
>
> How can I get around this validation problem?
>
> Tim
>
>
> www.timbooker.com
>

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