JavaScript with CF

[alburaq]

I'm trying to make a news tick tape using java script and coldfusion when I use the following code I got an error

var content='<CFOUTPUT query=&quot;show&quot;><cfif #location# is 7 and flag LTE 7><p><a href=&quot;show.cfm?val=#id#&quot;>#title#</a></p><cfset flag=flag+1></CFIF>
</cfoutput>';


The error says: Unterminated string constant

if I replace #title# with any other string or with #id# the script works.

I know that the problem is with the string #title# but what kind of problem is this?? the string title is not more than 100 characters.

 

[Sarky78]

I would guess that you have got a ' in the title variable. this will make the javascript break as the resulting output will look something like:

var content='<p><a href=&quot;show.cfm?val=1&quot;>it's breaking</a></p>';

javascript is saying that everything after the ' in it's is what is unterminiated as it is taking everything from the first ' to the ' in it's as one value and then everything after as another value. you could try setting all of your above code to a CF variable and then use that

var content = #CFVariable#;

that might work !

 

[alburaq]

It didn't work, same problem

 

[CFDude]

Make sure there are no line breaks in the output as well -- could be in the title?

to make it a little easier to read, try reformatting it a little:

<CFOUTPUT query=&quot;show&quot;>
<cfif #location# is 7 and flag LTE 7>
<cfset jsVar = '<p><a href=&quot;show.cfm?val=#id#&quot;>#title#</a></p><cfset flag=flag+1>'>
</cfif>
</cfoutput>

<cfoutput>
var content='#jsVAr#';
</cfoutput>

Output the jsVar to screen and see if there is any strange characters, linebreaks, etc in one of your variables.