Javascript Anthology - table sorting doesn't work in opera

[jmoriconi]

Hey gang,

I was just wondering if anyone knows why the sort_tables_by_columns.js code from the Javascript Anthology does not work in Opera (tested v 9.10). It seems to work fine in every other browser i throw it at.

I would post code excerpts, but i don't want to step on the authors' toes. What i can say is that the problem seems to be related to adding the anchor tag to column headers. I've checked the opera standards compliance table (http://www.opera.com/docs/specs/opera9/) and it appears to support all of the functions in the sort_tables_by_columns.js code.

Thanks
-john

[ALL]

anyway we can see what you have in action?

[jmoriconi]

Absolutely. Any insight you can offer is much appreciated.

http://flyffline.johnmoriconi.com/?browse=weapons

[7stud]

I would post code excerpts, but i don't want to step on the authors' toes.

It's a sitepoint book, and this is a sitepoint forum, so I don't think there should be any problem posting code samples. Also, if there are errors in the book, it's likely the author would want to know about them.

[Mirek Komárek]

var version = parseFloat(agent.recplace(/.*opera[\/ ]([^ $]+).*/, "$1"));

[jmoriconi]

Ahhhh, so simple, boy am i a fool! lol, thanks Mirek! i can't believe i missed that. I probably would have found it, but i tried the same code downloaded from the book's code archive and it bombed out, too. It still does- i tried it again just to be certain. Must have something to do with the fact that opera was opening that file from the local filesystem rather than http.

Thanks again!

[Mirek Komárek]

There is a javascript console in Opera, in latest version it is called error console under Tools -> Advanced -> Error console