ASP.NET MVC relative path to JavaScript

Question

I am trying to reference the jQuery library in my master page like so:

src="<%= ResolveUrl("~/Scripts/jquery-1.2.6.js")%>" type="text/javascript">

The source for the page shows:

<script src="/DocumentManagement/Scripts/jquery-1.2.6.js"  type="text/javascript"></script>

which seems to be correct since my site's url is http://servername/documentmanagement.

However I am getting errors in the javascript functions indicating that the jQuery library is not found e.g. 'Object expected'.

The same code works fine on my dev(XP - ASP.Net dev server) machine but not on a Win2003 box (IIS). What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Have you checked the logs to see if the request is being made and what type of response it is getting? The URL looks correct, so I'd suspect some configuration or permissions issue.

Answer 2

You could load up firebug to get some help, and see if it's a problem on the client side. It will also help by getting any server responses (404, 403, etc.)

Answer 3

Apologies for wasting your time! The jquery reference was using the wrong version number!!! Brainfart!