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Ajax eval creates new page with just the script

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Búsqueda de Información</title>
<script src="../../SpryAssets/SpryValidationSelect.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href="../../SpryAssets/SpryValidationSelect.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script language="javascript">AC_FL_RunContent = 0;</script>
<script language="javascript"> DetectFlashVer = 0; </script>
<script src="AC_RunActiveContent.js" language="javascript"></script>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
var requiredMajorVersion = 10;
var requiredMinorVersion = 0;
var requiredRevision = 45;
-->
</script>

<script type="text/javascript">

function showUser(str)
	{
	if (str=="")
	  {
	  document.getElementById("Chart").innerHTML="";
	  return;
	  } 
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
	  {// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
	  xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
	  }
	else
	  {// code for IE6, IE5
	  xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	  }
	xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function()
	  {
	  if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
		{
	
		 var add = document.getElementById("Chart")
    	 add.innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
   		 var scripts = add.getElementsByTagName('script');
    	 for (var i = 0 ;i<scripts.length;i++) eval(scripts[i].innerHTML);
		
		}
	  }
	  
	if(str=='')
	{
	}else{
	xmlhttp.open("GET","/chart_tests/observatorio_charts.php?sel_x="+str,true);
	xmlhttp.send();	
	}
	}
	
</script>



</head>

<body>

<form action="/chart_tests/select_chart.php" method="get" style= "display:inline">


<span id="spryselect1">
<label for="sel_x">Seleccionar Eje X</label>
<select name="sel_x" id="sel_x" onchange="showUser(this.value)">

<option value="1">Año</option>
<option value="2">Municipio</option>
<option value="3">Sexo</option>
<option value="4">Edad</option>

</select>

<table>
<td>

<div id="Chart">

<?php
$sql_run = 2;

?>

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
if (AC_FL_RunContent == 0 || DetectFlashVer == 0) {
	alert("This page requires AC_RunActiveContent.js.");
} else {
	var hasRightVersion = DetectFlashVer(requiredMajorVersion, requiredMinorVersion, requiredRevision);
	
	if(hasRightVersion) { 
		AC_FL_RunContent(
			'codebase', 'http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,45,2',
			'width', '400',
			'height', '350',
			'scale', 'noScale',
			'salign', 'LT',
			'bgcolor', '#777788',
			'wmode', 'opaque',
			'movie', 'charts',
			'src', 'charts',		 
			'FlashVars', 'library_path=charts_library&xml_source=/chart_tests/sample.php%3Fsql_run%3D<? echo $sql_run; ?>',
			'id', 'my_chart',
			'name', 'my_chart',
			'menu', 'true',
			'allowFullScreen', 'true',
			'allowScriptAccess','sameDomain',
			'quality', 'high',
			'align', 'middle',
			'pluginspage', 'http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer',
			'play', 'true',
			'devicefont', 'false'
			); 
	} else { 
		var alternateContent = 'This content requires the Adobe Flash Player. '
		+ '<u><a href=http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflash/>Get Flash</a></u>.';
		document.write(alternateContent); 
	}
}
// -->
</script>

</div>

</td>
</table>

<span class="selectRequiredMsg">Seleccionar</span></span>
<input name="main_menu" type=submit value="Crear Grafica" />
</form>


<script type="text/javascript">
var spryselect1 = new Spry.Widget.ValidationSelect("spryselect1");
</script>


</body>
</html>

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This code presents an XML Chart. When I want to change the chart I am doing the Ajax call with and eval of the javascript returned (same that is within the <div> Chart but with a new number. (Got this one to finally work). Problem is that the evaluation clears the page and just brings the evaluated scrip, so only the new chart shows. Below is the returned code.

<head></head><body><embed scale="noScale" salign="LT" bgcolor="#777788" wmode="opaque" src="charts.swf" flashvars="library_path=charts_library&amp;xml_source=/chart_tests/sample.php%3Fsql_run%3D4" name="my_chart" menu="true" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" play="true" devicefont="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" height="350" width="400"> </body></html>

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Any ideas what is wrong? I been looking for a couple of weeks trying to find a way to get a new graph without reloading the page but so far this is the only one that worked. Open to suggestions. I am new to Ajax and Java.

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leakim971

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I would say that your problem is this -

var scripts = add.getElementsByTagName('script');
    	 for (var i = 0 ;i<scripts.length;i++) eval(scripts[i].innerHTML);

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This looks like it gets ALL of your <script> sections (the TAG-name as <script>) and the trys to run the JS code in them, , as in a eval( )

This can not be right, as you end up with a end result as -

<head></head><body><embed scale="noScale" salign="LT" bgcolor="#777788" wmode="opaque" src="charts.swf" flashvars="library_path=charts_library&xml_source=/chart_tests/sample.php%3Fsql_run%3D4" name="my_chart" menu="true" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" play="true" devicefont="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" height="350" width="400"> </body></html>

which is all wrong.
In the times I have added javascript to HTML returns into a innerHTML, the browser will attempt to run that javascript with out an eval( ),
if you leave out this -

var scripts = add.getElementsByTagName('script');
    	 for (var i = 0 ;i<scripts.length;i++) eval(scripts[i].innerHTML);

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what happens?

also you AJAX code is wrong -

function showUser(str)
	{
	if (str=="")
	  {
	  document.getElementById("Chart").innerHTML="";
	  return;
	  } 
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
	  {// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
	  xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
	  }
	else
	  {// code for IE6, IE5
	  xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	  }

	xmlhttp.open("GET","/chart_tests/observatorio_charts.php?sel_x="+str,true);
// you MUST have the  xmlhttp.onreadystatechange AFTER the open( )
      xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function()
	  {
	  if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
		{
		 var add = document.getElementById("Chart")
    	 add.innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
		
		}
	  }
	xmlhttp.send();	
	}

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Gazu4809

ASKER

I tried iframes momentarily but the first try did not worked (may try again) so I went back to ajax. As to the <head></head><body></body></html> that is what is returned from the call. I was expecting just the graph to be updated leaving the rest of the page intact but the code actualy clears all and just brings the noted portion. Page ends up with just the graph. As to the position in the code I had it from a posting somewhere, I'll check with this code see what happens.

leakim971

Replace line 19 to 57 by the following for testing purpose :

<script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
	function showUser(str) {
		if(str=="") {
			jQuery("#Chart").empty();
		}
		else {
			jQuery("#Chart").load("/chart_tests/observatorio_charts.php?sel_x="+str);
		}
	}
</script>

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Gazu4809

ASKER

Well I tweaked with the iframe until I got it the right syntax and its working perfectly. Thx for pushing me on the right track.

I still used ajax which loads a page with the iframe but from sites that I searched will help me do the change of the iframe locally. That will come next. At least this one is working.