Returning script tag in IE fails

Reported by:	DaveG	Owned by:
Priority:	minor	Milestone:
Component:	ajax	Version:
Keywords:	script, ajax	Cc:
Blocked by:		Blocking:

Description

IE will not execute javascript with surrounding script tags unless the tags are preceded by a character. Thus returning the following in response to a .load fails to execute in IE:

/* <![CDATA[ */

alert("here");

/* ]]> */

</script>

Preceding with some character works:

/* <![CDATA[ */

alert("here");

/* ]]> */

</script>

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Change History (4)

Changed July 01, 2006 04:07PM UTC by anonymous comment:1

milestone:	→ 1.0
version:	→ 1.0b1

Changed August 06, 2006 07:26PM UTC by john comment:2

version:	1.0b1 → 1.0

Changed August 15, 2006 05:14AM UTC by john comment:3

milestone:	1.0
version:	1.0

I don't plan on getting to this for 1.0. The obvious workaround, however, is to simply return just the Javascript, then eval that on the fly - as opposed to injecting it into the DOM (which I assume that you're doing).

Changed October 01, 2006 02:35PM UTC by joern comment:4

resolution:	→ invalid
status:	new → closed

Can be easily worked around by ommiting the script tags in the response (and using $.getScript() to eval on the fly).

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