Question

I have the following code:

var selectedLevel = true;
if (selectedLevel === true) {
    var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");
    document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));

    try {
        var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-XXXXXXX-XX"); // <-- The ID _is_ here
        pageTracker._trackPageview();
    } catch(err) {}
}

I am expecting to see cookies being set in FireCookie but I see nothing. The ga.js does appear to be loading in though, according to my Firebug NET tab.

Is there a reason anybody knows of why the cookies wouldn’t be getting set?

Answer 1

I suspect that because the try/catch block is in the same script, the line getting the tracker is being executed before the other script loads and fails because _gat isn’t defined. Try putting it in its own script block like the Google docs suggest.

<script type="text/javascript">
    var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");
    document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    try{ 
        var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-xxxxxx-x");
        pageTracker._trackPageview();
    } catch(err) {} 
</script>