JavaScript SRC path not working

javascript, jquery, path, src

Solution

You can not use a `script` element to load an external file and put code in it at the same time. You need to use two `script` elements:

<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    function showMySelf(){
        alert("Hello World!");      
    }
(... plus other stuff code that actually uses jquery functions)
</script>

Problem

I have searched this web looking for an answer, but it seems that this time I'm not so lucky, so I am forced to ask. I apologize if it's already answered (could not find it). And yes, English is not my first language, so I also apologize for my spelling mistakes, I try my best. This is my problem, using Tomcat 5.5, Struts 1.3, JRE 1.5 and I'm using firefox 3.5.6. In my jsp page I cannot seem to put any `src="path/path"` in my `<script>` I have tried deleting the src and all works well, but my project is going to need a lot of use from jquery and I do not want to copy/paste all the js file in every jsp. This is my code: ``` <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.2.js"> function showMySelf(){ alert("Hello World!"); } (... plus other stuff code that actually uses jquery functions) </script> ``` and the submit button: ``` <input type="submit" onclick="showMySelf()"> ``` When I click the button, nothing happens (well it actually repaints the page) and when I delete the "src" tag from the script and add all the jquery code to the page it all works well. I have tried putting another slash in the path as "/js/jquery-1.3.2.js" and returns an error. I have tried using ResolveURL and it doesn't seem to give me better results. I have also tried changing the js file to another file ("generics.js" and "js.js"), I also tried with "js/*.js". Any of theese solutions have archived anything. I have also tried using the struts tags (like html:submit) but it also did not work. The path is actually right, since looking the code in my web browser gives me a link to the js file. So I suposse the browser knows were to look for my js file, it does not give me an error or a broken link to the file. Any ideas of why this is happening? Thank you all. Random.

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