how do i avoid including jquery twice?

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how do i avoid including jquery twice?

i have a service i'm building, which will be included as JS on client web pages. optimally, i want to build the service using jquery.

the case may arise, where the page already has JQ included.

how do i avoid including JQ twice in the page? how do i make sure i still have the desired JQ functionality, even if the page has already included an older version of JQ?

is the only solution simply abandoning JQ and going with hand-coded script?

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Check for the existence of jQuery and match the version you need against jQuery.fn.jquery.

K Prime 2010-02-09 09:37:04

that doesn't really solve anything, suppose i check for existence of JQ and get 'yes' then i check for version and get 'lower than what i need', what then?

Nir Gavish 2010-02-09 11:12:18

@Nir - Then you load the version you need, with the `noConlict` mode. This will ensure you have the functionality you need, without interfering with the exisiting scripts on the page

K Prime 2010-02-10 05:22:07

now, that's a complete solution, thank you so much.

Nir Gavish 2010-02-10 18:33:20

from the linkedin jquery group:

Ever want to use the latest jQuery, but old code or components leaves you with an older version? Well this standalone version can be included anywhere on the page and will take a custom name space of jQuery14, and will not affect jQuery or $ in any way. Also, easy way to integrate among other frameworks.

http://www.matthewdunham.com/jquery-1.4.2.min.standalone.js

Nir Gavish 2010-03-07 13:20:04

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