Problem dealing with double quotes in InnerHTML

Mahernoz wrote:

On Dec 11, 3:53 pm, RobG <rg... (AT) iinet (DOT) net.au> wrote:

I think the whole idea of using innerHTML as the source of valid XML
markup is flawed.

You did not write that; Rob did. Please learn how to quote properly.
That is even possible with Google Groups; BTDT.

See http://jibbering.com/faq/ pp.

- Can you recommend a method which is a "better way" to take the html-
contents of a DIV from an html file and put it into a database. (this
html will be rendered on a page, so i need to make it well-formed.)

You should first understand what are SGML, HTML, XML, and XHTML. HTML as an
application of SGML does not need to fulfill XML's "well-formed" criterium,
which is why there is XHTML which is HTML reformulated as an application of
XML, which is a subset of SGML. However, MSHTML-based UAs do not support
XHTML natively to date; they use the same old tag-soup parser for that, if,
and only if served as text/html as opposed to the proper
application/xhtml+xml (on which they choke). Hence the result you observe
with `innerHTML'.

I don't want implementation details, just a suggestion of having a
better way.

Serialize the document tree.


PointedEars
--
realism: HTML 4.01 Strict
evangelism: XHTML 1.0 Strict
madness: XHTML 1.1 as application/xhtml+xml
-- Bjoern Hoehrmann

On Dec 13, 2:09 am, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedE... (AT) web (DOT) de>
wrote:

Mahernoz wrote:
On Dec 11, 3:53 pm, RobG <rg... (AT) iinet (DOT) net.au> wrote:

I think the whole idea of using innerHTML as the source of valid XML
markup is flawed.

You did not write that; Rob did. Please learn how to quote properly.
That is even possible with Google Groups; BTDT.

Seehttp://jibbering.com/faq/pp.

- Can you recommend a method which is a "better way" to take the html-
contents of a DIV from an html file and put it into a database. (this
html will be rendered on a page, so i need to make it well-formed.)

You should first understand what are SGML, HTML, XML, and XHTML. HTML as an
application of SGML does not need to fulfill XML's "well-formed" criterium,
which is why there is XHTML which is HTML reformulated as an application of
XML, which is a subset of SGML. However, MSHTML-based UAs do not support
XHTML natively to date; they use the same old tag-soup parser for that, if,
and only if served as text/html as opposed to the proper
application/xhtml+xml (on which they choke). Hence the result you observe
with `innerHTML'.

I don't want implementation details, just a suggestion of having a
better way.

Serialize the document tree.

PointedEars
--
realism: HTML 4.01 Strict
evangelism: XHTML 1.0 Strict
madness: XHTML 1.1 as application/xhtml+xml
-- Bjoern Hoehrmann

Hi Friends,

I have got a valid XHTML Converter which solved my problem. This
converter converts any HTML to XHTML (wellformed XML compatible) very
easily.

Please check out : http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20030317.asp

Very good converter.

Friends, Thanks for your help.

Regards,
Mahernoz

Mahernoz said the following on 12/15/2007 12:31 AM:

<snip>

Hi Friends,

I have got a valid XHTML Converter which solved my problem. This
converter converts any HTML to XHTML (wellformed XML compatible) very
easily.

Please check out : http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20030317.asp

Very good converter.

Not if ~85% of the web can't process XHTML as anything but tag soup. If
you are going to do that, you may as well just use HTML4.01 Strict.

--
Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind
comp.lang.javascript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq/index.html
Javascript Best Practices - http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/

On Dec 15, 11:16 am, Randy Webb <HikksNotAtH... (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote:

Mahernoz said the following on 12/15/2007 12:31 AM:

snip

Hi Friends,

I have got a valid XHTML Converter which solved my problem. This
converter converts any HTML to XHTML (wellformed XML compatible) very
easily.

Please check out :http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20030317.asp

Very good converter.

Not if ~85% of the web can't process XHTML as anything but tag soup. If
you are going to do that, you may as well just use HTML4.01 Strict.

--
Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind
comp.lang.javascript FAQ -http://jibbering.com/faq/index.html
Javascript Best Practices -http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/

i will need this on the admin site and the admin has a brand new
firefox, so it won't be a problem.

i am right now caught in a different soup.

I want to copy the updated contents of a div(which has a table within
which there are textbox and <select>) to another div. I am not able
to
copy the updated values of the textbox and <select> dropdowns, the
copy happens perfectly well in Internet Explorer but not in Mozilla.

*************************************
function CopyHTML()
{
document.getElementById('<%= hidAArea.ClientID %>').value
= MakeXMLParseable(document.getElementById('<%= dvAArea.ClientID
%>').innerHTML);

}
************************************

I guess i have to use http://slayeroffice.com/articles/inn...ternatives/#4a
this method. but this method also doesn't give the updated contents of
textbox and dropdowns values (if changed).

Regards,
Mahernoz

Mahernoz said the following on 12/15/2007 1:58 AM:

On Dec 15, 11:16 am, Randy Webb <HikksNotAtH... (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote:
Mahernoz said the following on 12/15/2007 12:31 AM:

snip

Hi Friends,
I have got a valid XHTML Converter which solved my problem. This
converter converts any HTML to XHTML (wellformed XML compatible) very
easily.
Please check out :http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20030317.asp
Very good converter.
Not if ~85% of the web can't process XHTML as anything but tag soup. If
you are going to do that, you may as well just use HTML4.01 Strict.

i will need this on the admin site and the admin has a brand new
firefox, so it won't be a problem.

Ahhh yes, the intranet thingie.

i am right now caught in a different soup.

I want to copy the updated contents of a div(which has a table within
which there are textbox and <select>) to another div. I am not able
to copy the updated values of the textbox and <select> dropdowns, the
copy happens perfectly well in Internet Explorer but not in Mozilla.

What happens with innerHTML is a guess at best. If you want to copy the
present contents of form elements, then use read the HTML itself, get
what you want, and build it back yourself.
--
Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind
comp.lang.javascript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq/index.html
Javascript Best Practices - http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/