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May 16.2007

I saw a section of the javascript like this:

<script>

//Some javascripts here

</script>

My questions are:

1)The language is not specified in the <script> tag. How can the browser know it is a javascript not a VB script?

2)If the language is not specified in the <script> tag, will the browser assume the defualt langauge is the javascript?

Thanks

Scott

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@gil_davisMay 16.2007 — 1)The language is not specified in the <script> tag. How can the browser know it is a javascript not a VB script?[/quote]IE will examine the script and try to decide which language it is. They like lazy coders. ?2)If the language is not specified in the <script> tag, will the browser assume the defualt langauge is the javascript?[/QUOTE]
Never assume. It makes an ASS out of U and ME. :0 That will depend on the browser. For example, I know that Netscape Navigator (<= 4.8) would default to JS 1.1 if there was no language specified, and like I said IE will try to figure it out.

The latest and greatest W3 specification requires&lt;script type="text/[color=red](whateverlanguage)[/color]"&gt;but I don't know if the validator will complain.
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@mrhooMay 16.2007 — Another valid method is to declare the Content-Script-Type in the document head:

<META http-equiv="Content-Script-Type" content="text/javascript">
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