322158 - Cannot set the text of a script element with javascript. Worked before I upgraded to 1.5

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect, P5)

Description

[Jason Wilson]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051111 Firefox/1.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051111 Firefox/1.5

I am using javascript to dynamically add a script element to the head of a page.  In Firefox prior to 1.5 it was working, after 1.5 it does not work.

This is my javascript
// add clocks
clock = document.createElement('script');
//clock.language = 'javascript';
clock.type = 'text/javascript';
//clock.id = 'clockHolder'+equipmentID;
var cDate = new Date();
var aEndTime = endTime.split(':');
if(aEndTime[0] == 0) aEndTime[0] = '24';
cDate.setHours(aEndTime[0]);
cDate.setMinutes(aEndTime[1]);
cDate.setSeconds(aEndTime[2]);
sOut = 'var cd'+equipmentID+' = new countdown(\'cd'+equipmentID+'\');';
clock.text = sOut;
document.getElementsByTagName( 'head' )[0].appendChild(clock);
eval('cd'+equipmentID).Div = 'clock'+equipmentID;
eval('cd'+equipmentID).TargetDate = cDate;
eval('cd'+equipmentID).DisplayFormat = '%%H%%:%%M%%:%%S%%';
eval('cd'+equipmentID).Setup();

I think it is a problem with the line clock.text = sOut;.  This line worked before and still works in IE.  I can see the script element just looks like there is nothing inside.  The first eval line gives me an error that the cd# is undefined.

Error: [JavaScript Error: "cd39 is not defined" {file: "http://localhost/ironglobe/include/BidBlock.js" line: 98}]
Source File: http://localhost/ironglobe/include/BidBlock.js
Line: 98

Thanks,
Jason

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

Can you attach a testcase to this bug (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?bugid=322158&action=enter) ?

Comment 2

[Jason Wilson]

Attachment: The problem section is lines 79-101.

The problem is in the AddBidBlock function between lines 79-101.  The clock.text = sOut; does not add the string to the script element.  An error pops up when the script gets to line 98.  Says that variable cd? is not defined.

Comment 3

[Firefox Bug Husbandry Bot]

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1472046

Move all DOM bugs that haven’t been updated in more than 3 years and has no one currently assigned to P5.

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