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Asked: 2026-05-10T20:38:12+00:00

I am using this HTML <html> <head> <Title>EBAY Search</title> </head> <script language=JavaScript src=ajaxlib.js></script> <body>

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I am using this HTML

<html>     <head>         <Title>EBAY Search</title>     </head>     <script language='JavaScript' src='ajaxlib.js'></script>     <body>         Click here <a href='#' OnClick='GetEmployee()'>link</a> to show content         <div id='Result'><The result will be fetched here></div>     </body> </html>

With this Javascript

var xmlHttp  function GetEmployee()  {  xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject()  if(xmlHttp==null)  {  alert('Your browser is not supported')  }  var url='get_employee.php'  url=url+'cmd=GetEmployee'  url=url+'&sid='+Math.random()  xmlHttp.open('GET',url,true)  xmlHttp.send(null)  }  function FetchComplete()  {  if(xmlHttp.readyState==4 || xmlHttp.readyState=='complete')  {  document.getElementById('Result').innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText  }  if(xmlHttp.readyState==1 || xmlHttp.readyState=='loading')  {  document.getElementById('Result').innerHTML='loading'  }  }  function GetXmlHttpObject()  {  var xmlHttp=null;  try  {  xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();  }  catch (e)  {  try  {  xmlHttp =new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP');  }  }  return xmlHttp;  }

However it is not being called. get_employee.php works fine when I call it by itself, so that is not the problem. Is there anything wrong in my code that would prevent it from being called? I cannot test with any firefox extensions, I do not have access, so please don’t give that as an answer.

edit: the problem is the javascript is not being called at all. I fixed the question mark problem, but even just a simple javascript with an alert is not being called.

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  1. use a javascript debugging tool like firebug, this will make your life simpler.

    you had a syntax error in your code that made the error ‘GetEmployee is not defined’

    it was a missing ‘catch’ after the last try in ‘GetXmlHttpObject()’. this is the same function after adding the missing ‘catch’.

    function GetXmlHttpObject() {     var xmlHttp=null;     try     {         xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();     }catch (e)     {          try         {             xmlHttp =new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP');         }          catch (e) {}      } return xmlHttp; }
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