cfscript language="javascript" does not work

Question

Here is my code:

<cfscript language="javascript">
      OpenText(document.getElementById(#url.id#));
</cfscript>

Here is the error:

Invalid token l found on line 731 at column 19.

The CFML compiler was processing:

A cfscript tag beginning on line 731, column 10.

Why?

duncan · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-04 09:56:39Z

11

<cfscript> doesn't take a language attribute. You are probably just wanting to do:

<script type="text/javascript">
<cfoutput>
OpenText(document.getElementById(#url.id#));
</cfoutput>
</script>

Incidentally, the language attribute is also deprecated on the <script> tag in HTML 4, and you should use type instead (as in my example). In HTML5 you can just do <script> without either language or type attributes.

answered Dec 4, 2012 at 9:56

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Peter Boughton Over a year ago

Dumping client-provided values direct to page enables JS injection - should be doing document.getElementById('#JsStringFormat(url.id)#') (or in CF10/equiv encodeForJavaScript).

Adam Cameron · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-04 10:01:56Z

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OpenBD supports this apparently, but ColdFusion does not.

answered Dec 4, 2012 at 10:01

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