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JavaScript setting css float

Where object is myLHS = document.getElementById(“lhs”);
trying to use object.style.float = ‘right’ wasn’t working.
but using setAttribute does (at least it does in Firefox on a PC):
myLHS.setAttribute(’style’, ‘float: right’);
There’s more on this here: Setting Float via JS – OZONE Asylum, home of the Mad Scientists
See also the quirksmode entry on JavaScript – Get Styles

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Tue, August 28 2007 » Web developing » No Comments

JavaScript time outs

Sometimes it’s necessary to repeat an action in JavaScript to check if something’s updated since last time the function was called:
window.setInterval(“goAjax()”,1000);
Sometimes things don’t immediately update in a browser so you may need to delay a function call using something like this:
var bVal = setInterval(“buttonValid();”,500);
and
clearInterval(bVal);
Functions/statements must be in quotes. Timings are in milliseconds.
Using setInterval() to Make [...]

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Thu, August 9 2007 » Web developing » No Comments

Search and replace

In very few lines it’s possible to search and replace text in MySQL:
UPDATE table_name SET column_name = replace(column_name,”find_this”,”replace_with_this”)
Thanks to Torkil Johnsen’s Search and replace in MySQL article

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Wed, August 8 2007 » MySQL » No Comments