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generate HTML document server-side with jquery and classic asp

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Yes it is possible. No, it wouldn't be fast at all and I don't see any reason for doing it as jQuery is often used for doing things that are only relevant on the client.

svinto 2008-10-01 18:47:30

Answer 2

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I have to ask what possible reason you have for doing this? If you want to build a DOM document server-side as opposed to writing HTML output, theres more likely to be an XML library of some kind that you can interface to ASP. jQuery is for client-side stuff, whilst server-side Javascript exists its not a common use-case.

roryf 2008-10-01 21:15:57

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+2 A:

I such situations I use an XML DOM as surrogate for the HTML DOM I would have in a browser.

jQuery can manipulating an XML DOM however jQuery expects window to be present in its context. It may be possible to fool jQuery (or tweak it) so that it would work server-side but it could be quite fragile.

Personnally I just use a small library of helper functions that make manipulating an XML DOM a little less painful, For example as:-

function XmlWrapper(elem) { this.element = elem; }
XmlWrapper.prototype.addChild = function(name) {
    var elem = this.element.ownerDocument.createElement(name);
    return new XmlWrapper(this.element.appendChild(elem));
}

Now your page code can do:-

var dom = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument.3.0");
dom.loadXML("<html />");
var html = XmlWapper(dom.documentElement);

var head = html.addChild("head");
var body = html.addChild("body");

var tHead = body.addChild("table").addChild("tHead");

As you create code that manipulates the DOM 'in the raw' you will see patterns you can re-factor as methods of the XmlWrapper class.

AnthonyWJones 2008-10-03 10:43:26

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