Passing variables By URL parameters

[j4606]

Hi Guys, I remember a post about passing url parameters to javascript src. For example

<script type="text/javascript" src="javascript.js?parameter=value"></script>

I forgot how to access the parameter and value? Anyone have an idea of how I can accomplish this? Thanks!

 

[feherke]

Hi

No way. When running the scripts have no information about their provenience. They can only access the document's query string : [tt]document.location.search[/tt] .

When you see such code like you posted, the JavaScript is generated by a server-side script and the parameters are used by that.

Feherke.

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

No way. When running the scripts have no information about their provenience (sic).

While technically true, their provenance can be deduced. The well-known scriptaculous library does this based upon the name of a script file, so I'd use that method in the absence of anything else such as running the JS as a server-side parsed file (e.g. PHP, ASP, etc).

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[feherke]

Hi

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Hmm... Neither FireFox's spellchecker, the [tt]ispell[/tt] tool and Answers.com's 1-Click Answers objected for "provenience".
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Feherke.

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

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The British English dictionary highlighted it as a typo when pasting your quote. Perhaps it's an Americanism?
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[trollacious]

Wikipedia's take on the two words:

Usually the two terms are synonymous; however, some researchers use provenience to refer only to the exact location in a site where an artifact was excavated, in contrast to provenance which includes the artifact's complete documented history.

Lee