doesnt inline javascript break the rules of xhtml

have u tried this, put your javascript in its own .js file then reference it in your xhtml document

<script language="JavaScript" src="mysexyjavascriptstuff.js"></script>

I'm pretty sure there is a way to do it so that it doesn't violate xhtml norms.
It would propably involve putting it in <![CDATA[ tags and then escaping that tag so javascript won't choke on it and throw an error.

Obviously I can put it in an external .js file, but that's not the question :-)

Jakob

Hello Jakob, okay, so workaround a no go then :)
Right, it seems your very close on the mark with using the character data tags

How have you tried doing this in code?

eg

<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
/*<![CDATA[*/
document.write('Hello World!');
/*]]>*/
</script

but the wiki does say not to use document.write, instead try to use node creation methods

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/XML_-_Manag...

Hi Nidhi,

sorry for being a bit late with my respond.

I did try your suggestion amongst other things.
Here are two other options:

1: Which uses // style javascript comments instead of /* ... */
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
//<![CDATA[
document.write('Hello World!');
//]]>
</script>
I suspect the result is exactly the same as nidhi's suggestion in all browsers

2: Which use of simple html style comments (and a javascript // comment):
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
<!--
document.write('Hello World!');
//-->>
</script>
I've seen this method used and suggested somewhere - and sometimes in combination with CDATA tags, but I don't really understand why it works, and it's probably also a kind of legacy approach to hide javascript from incompatible browsers.

3: The 'catch-all' bulletproof approach
<script type="text/javascript">
 <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!--
  document.title = "Foo & Bar";
 //--><!]]>
</script>
I suppose it'll work. But as the author states:
"Remember that the very concept of sending XHTML to be handled by an HTML engine is essentially a hack and cannot be done flawlessly."
Source: http://www.webdevout.net/articles/escapi...

For me the first approach did the trick in the major browsers.

Thanks, nidhi