Nested Script Tags? Help!

[marmablue]

Okay, here's the problem. I have a small part of my page that displays the number of users on my forums by using a small Javascript code. This is:

<script src=&quot;../bbs/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?action=printwhoisonline&group=guests></script>

Currently I've put this on a separate frame, using META refresh to refresh it every few seconds. Problem is, that looks ugly - I only want the text to refresh not the whole frame. So I came up with this based on another code I saw:

There are
<script>
function refresh() {
document.write(&quot;<script src=&quot;../bbs/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?action=printwhoisonline&group=guests&quot;></script>&quot;
window.setTimeout(&quot;refresh();&quot;, 100);
}
window.onload = refresh;
</SCRIPT>
other users online.</td>

Unfortunatley, it doesn't like the <script> tags nested inside the document.write, and it treats the </script> inside the document.write as if it was closing the refresh script as well as the one I want.

Any ideas as to how I can fix this? Or another way of getting a script to refresh every few seconds?

Any help much appreciated,
Moon Shadow
Official Javascript Newbie
moonshadow@talk21.com

 

[DoubleV]

I've never had to document.write the <script. tags, but have seen this question asked on different forums. the answer is:
document.write(&quot;<scr&quot; + &quot;ipt src=&quot;../bbs/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?action=printwhoisonline&group=guests&quot;></scr&quot; + &quot;ipt>&quot; --------------------------------------------------
Goals are dreams with deadlines

 

[DoubleV]

and I have just thought of another anser I've seen out there:
document.write(&quot;<s\cript src=&quot;../bbs/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?action=printwhoisonline&group=guests&quot;></s\cript>&quot;

It is claimed that the \ would work placed
anywhere in the word script except just
before the s or r as \s and \r mean something

HTH --------------------------------------------------
Goals are dreams with deadlines

 

[OSR]

I think the problem is that you have 2 sets of double quotes in there without adding a + sign, Change it to the following:

<script>
function refresh() {
document.write(&quot;<script src=../bbs/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?action=printwhoisonline&group=guests></script>&quot;
window.setTimeout(&quot;refresh();&quot;, 100);
}
window.onload = refresh;
</SCRIPT>


I just got rid of the 2nd set of quotes. You can do this since you don't need &quot;&quot; double quotes around a pathname that contains no spaces.

If you want the quotes in there just put a forward slash in front of the 2nd set (\&quot;some text\&quot. Rocco is the BOY!!

M O T I V A T E!

 

[marmablue]

Thanks valeriav! Your suggestion works fine.