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Javascript File References Problem (with jQuery)

Before, I had this:

<head>
    <script src="/Scripts/jquery-1.3.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript">
        var optPrompt = "- Select One -";
        var subCats;
        var parentCats;
        var nextBtn;

        var ParentChanged = function() {
            ClearDescription();

            if (this.selectedIndex == 0) {
                $(subCats).html($("<option>").text(optPrompt));
            }


            $.getJSON('<%=Url.Action("GetChildCategories") %>', { parentId: $(this).val() },
                    function(data) {
                        subCats.options.length = 0;
                        $("<option>").text(optPrompt).appendTo(subCats);
                        $(data).each(function() {
                            $("<option>").attr("value", this.ID).text(this.Name).appendTo(subCats);
                        });
                    });
        }

        var DisplayDescription = function(catId) {
            $.ajax({
                url: '<%=Url.Action("GetDescription") %>',
                data: { categoryId: catId },
                dataType: 'html',
                success: function(data) {
                    $("p#categoryDescription").html(data);
                }
            });
        }

        var ChildChanged = function() {
            var catSelected = this.selectedIndex != 0;

            if (!catSelected) ClearDescription();
            else DisplayDescription($(this).val());
        }

        var ClearDescription = function() {
            $("p#categoryDescription").html('');
        }

        $(function() {
            parentCats = $("select#Category").get(0);
            subCats = $("select#Subcategory").get(0);
            nextBtn = $("input#nextButton").get(0);

            $(parentCats).change(ParentChanged);
            $(subCats).change(ChildChanged);
        });

    </script> 
</head>

Then I put all of my inline script into a file (myScript.js) and changed my HTML to this:

<head>
    <script src="/Scripts/jquery-1.3.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> 
    <script src="/Scripts/myScript.js" type="text/javascript"></script> 
</head>

And now nothing is working. I opened up my page in IE7 and it had a page error that read:

Line: 54
Error: Unknown name.

Line 54 happens to be the last line of my external javascript file.

What am I doing wrong?

Solution

  • Am I right in saying that this is ASP.Net? If it is, inline scripts like:

    <%=Url.Action("GetDescription") %>

    cannot go in the external JavaScript file.