Using AJAX to update content

[winicius]

I am having a problem with the following:  <a onclick="loadDoc(event)" value="home.xml">Home<\a>. Basically what this is doing is calling the function loadDoc and passing in an event to the javascript function. The problem I am having is that loadDoc is not being executed at all. The reason I know that is because I am calling document.alert(); at the very beginning of the function. So I have come to the conclusion that there might be something wrong with my anchor. I've already checked the spelling of the function, I also made sure that the script is being loaded at the head. Here is a look at a few parts of my document:

 

//this is in my HTML doc

<script type="text/javascript" src="xmlloader.js"></script>

...

<a onclick="loadDoc(event)" value="home.xml">Home<\a>

 

//this is in the xmlloader.js

function loadDoc(evt){

document.alert("hello");

        ...

        ...

}

[winicius]

I meant window.alert('awd'); instead of document.alert(awd');

[bobleny]

I'm not an expert, but shouldn't this:

function loadDoc(evt){

 

Be this:

function loadDoc(event)

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Also, I've found that if there is an error in your syntax, NONE of the rest of your JavaScript will work either....

 

Good luck!

[winicius]

Also, I've found that if there is an error in your syntax, NONE of the rest of your JavaScript will work either....

 

 

Thanks, that advice put an end to my problem.