Using <script src> tag, is type required?

[Randell D.]

Folks,

Do I need to use the 'type' in the javascrpit external load request below?
Is it mandatory or optional? I've not found a clear reference on this...

<script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript' src=/myScrpit.js>

thanks... replies via ng only please
randelld

[Martin Honnen]

Randell D. wrote:

Do I need to use the 'type' in the javascrpit external load request below?
Is it mandatory or optional? I've not found a clear reference on this...

<script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript' src=/myScrpit.js>

If you want to write HTML according to the HTML 4.01 standard then you
need to have a type attribute for your <script> elements (any <script>
element not only those having a src attribute).

--

Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

"Randell D." <re**********************@and.share.com> writes:

Do I need to use the 'type' in the javascrpit external load request below?
"need" is vague :) Will it work without it? Probably in some browsers,
maybe even all. But ...
Is it mandatory or optional? I've not found a clear reference on this...
It is required by the HTML 4 specification. Check
<URL:http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/scripts.html#h-18.2.1>
---
type %ContentType; #REQUIRED -- content type of script language --
---
<script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript' src=/myScrpit.js>
The "language" attribute is not needed, and it is deprecated in favor
of "type".
thanks... replies via ng only please

Ofcourse :)

/L
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Lasse Reichstein Nielsen - lr*@hotpop.com
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'Faith without judgement merely degrades the spirit divine.'

[David Dorward]

Martin Honnen wrote:

<script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript' src=/myScrpit.js>

If you want to write HTML according to the HTML 4.01 standard then you
need to have a type attribute for your <script> elements (any <script>
element not only those having a src attribute).

You also need to quote the value of the source attribute (it contains a "/"
so the quotes are not optional), and add a closing tag.

--
David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk/>

[Randell D.]

Thanks to all for clarifying usage...

Cheers
randelld