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Asked: 2026-06-04T09:37:41+00:00

I am having a little problem here. I have a <script language =JavaScript runat=server>

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I am having a little problem here.
I have a <script language ="JavaScript" runat="server"> code that reads a table from a website, parses data and stores it in a 2-D array. It works correctly; I can display the data using Response.Write.

Now, I would like to use the data in the array to construct my own table and display it in the browser. I thought I would just add: 

</head> 
<body onload="tableCreator();">
<table id="table" border="1">
    <tr> 
    <td id="Document Number">Document Number</td>
    <td id="Document Link">Document Link</td>
    <td id="Date Filed">Date Filed</td>
    <td id="Date Entered">Date Entered</td>
    <td id="Date Terminated">Date Terminated</td>
    <td id="Description">Description</td>
    </tr>
</table> 
<body> 
</html>

after script ends, but this is where problems start. I don’t know where to insert the tableCreator()function. If I do it inside the (script language =”JavaScript” runat=”server”) code (in order to be able to use the array’s data), the function is not called. When I change the tag to (script language =”JavaScript”) (no runat=”server”), the function is called, but the script isn’t run (I have multiple Response.Write and nothing, but the table, is being printed)

function tableCreator () {
  var table = document.getElementById("table");
  var rowCount = table.rows.length;
  var row;
  row = table.insertRow(rowCount);
  var cell1 = row.insertCell(0);
  cell1.innerHTML = "1";
}

Any ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You are confusing server-side code and client-side code.

    JavaScript can’t access a 2d array that’s created on the server (adding runat="server" to you script tag will not give you access to your server-side variables). You would need to serialize the array in your server-side language and then make it accessible to the client (a hidden field would work well for this).

    Alternatively, if you have the data server-side, why create the table client-side. Simply create the table server-side when the page loads.

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