Urgent help please! Conditional SSI

I am using .shtml pages with SSI, and I have two different "include" content
pages.

I have the variable "favorite" set to either "east" or "west", like this (via
javascript):
favorite="east"; (or) favorite="west";

Is it possible to have the SSI Include directive syntax swapped dynamically
based on whether the variable is set to east or west?

I tried something like this, but it doesn't actually parse the Include file
into the page:

if (favorite == "east") {
document.write('<!--#include file="includes/myTestInclude2.shtml"
-->');
}

Does anybody know if this can be done, and how? I appreciate ANY help you can
give me on this one!

Since your js is client side, and the SSI is server side, I doubt that there
is a way to make this scheme work.

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"cjf3rules" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

I am using .shtml pages with SSI, and I have two different "include"
content
pages.

I have the variable "favorite" set to either "east" or "west", like this
(via
javascript):
favorite="east"; (or) favorite="west";

Is it possible to have the SSI Include directive syntax swapped
dynamically
based on whether the variable is set to east or west?

I tried something like this, but it doesn't actually parse the Include
file
into the page:

if (favorite == "east") {
document.write('<!--#include
file="includes/myTestInclude2.shtml"
-->');
}

Does anybody know if this can be done, and how? I appreciate ANY help
you can
give me on this one!

take a look at http://www.bignosebird.com/sdocs/extend.shtml

if your server supports xSSI you can put the logic into the SSI call itself,
to be processed on the server.

clientside JavaScript wont work for this-

Is it possible to have the SSI Include directive syntax swapped dynamically
based on whether the variable is set to east or west?

Thanks Murray and Alan for getting back to me.

Murray: That's what I was afraid of. It seemed like the two don't talk to
each other.

Alan: I looked at that, but couldn't get the javascript variable into the
conditional statement. In light of what Murray said, I'm not sure that this
can be done.

Thanks Murray and Alan for getting back to me.

Murray: That's what I was afraid of. It seemed like the two don't talk to
each other.

Alan: I looked at that, but couldn't get the javascript variable into the
conditional statement. In light of what Murray said, I'm not sure that this
can be done.

depending on what the page is doing and when it's doing it- the JavaScript
variable doesn't exist in the code on the server- it only exists and has a
value when the clientside JS is executed...

don't know what the big picture is on this so can't suggest more.

You could use a server variable to select the appropriate include,
however....

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"Alan" <dont_mail_me_period (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Thanks Murray and Alan for getting back to me.

Murray: That's what I was afraid of. It seemed like the two don't talk
to
each other.

Alan: I looked at that, but couldn't get the javascript variable into
the
conditional statement. In light of what Murray said, I'm not sure that
this
can be done.


depending on what the page is doing and when it's doing it- the JavaScript
variable doesn't exist in the code on the server- it only exists and has a
value when the clientside JS is executed...

don't know what the big picture is on this so can't suggest more.

.oO(cjf3rules)

Murray: That's what I was afraid of. It seemed like the two don't talk to
each other.

They simply can't. At the time when JS is executed the server-side
parsing and processing is finished already.

Alan: I looked at that, but couldn't get the javascript variable into the
conditional statement. In light of what Murray said, I'm not sure that this
can be done.

You can always do it with a server-side scripting language.

Micha