[Semediawiki-user] Javascript issues within Special:UploadWindow

[Jack D. P. <jac...@ps...>]

Ok, this is very ticky-tack and the only reason I'm posting is to possibly
help someone with the same issue in the future.
 
Our MediaWiki:common.js contains:
 
document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="' + stylepath +
'/common/ExtraButtons/Extraeditbuttons.js' + '"></script>');

While this is acceptable in MediaWiki, in SF Special:UploadWindow, the
</script> is being interpreted as a script termination tag (instead of text)
in IE8 (that I know of).
 
The solution is simple, but it took a while to diagnose the problem:
 
document.write('<'+'script type="text/javascript" src="' + stylepath +
'/common/ExtraButtons/Extraeditbuttons.js' + '"><"/'+'script>');

By separating the </script> tag into two different segments, the
parser/browser is no longer interpreting as a valid end of script tag. 
 
Jack D. Pond
"Quando omni flunkus moritati" -- Possum Lodge motto -- Loose translation:
"When all else fails, play dead."