How do I convert old onclick() code to DOM if a PHP variable is involved?

5 Message(s) by 4 Author(s) originally posted in javascript programming

From: donpro

Date: Sunday, October 28, 2007

Hi,

I have created a table

<database> A collection of {records} in a {relational database}.

	(1997-06-04)

where the header

1. The portion of a {packet}, preceding the actual data,
	containing source and destination addresses, error checking
	and other fields.

	2. The part of an {electronic mail} message or {news} article
	that precedes the body of a message and contains, among other
	things, the sender's name and e-mail address and the date and
	time the message was sent.

columns link

1. <file system> {hard link} or {symbolic link}.

	2. <hypertext> {hyperlink}.

	(1997-10-22)

to an AJAX function
which calls a PHP file

<file system> An element of data storage in a {file system}.

	The history of computing is rich in varied kinds of files and
	{file systems}, whether ornate (e.g., {Macintosh file system}
	for a well-known case) or deficient (e.g., many simple
	pre-1980s file systems don't allow {directories}).

	However, the prototypical file has these characteristics:

	* It is a single sequence of bytes (but consider {Macintosh}
	{resource forks}).

	* It has a finite length, unlike, e.g. a {Unix} {device}.

	* It is stored in a {non-volatile storage} medium (but see
	{ramdrive}).

	* It exists (nominally) in a {directory}.

	* It has a name that it can be referred to by in file
	operations, possibly in combination with its {path}.

	Additionally, a file system may associate other information
	with a file, such as {permission} bits or other {file
	attributes}; timestamps for file creation, last revision, and
	last access; revision numbers (a` la VMS), and other kinds of
	{magic}.

	Compare: {document}.

	(1997-04-08)

and returns content - the purpose is to sort

1. <application, algorithm> To arrange a collection of items
	in some specified order.  The items - {records} in a file or
	data structures in memory - consist of one or more {fields} or
	members.  One of these fields is designated as the "sort key"
	which means the records will be ordered according to the value
	of that field.  Sometimes a sequence of key fields is
	specified such that if all earlier keys are equal then the
	later keys will be compared.  Within each field some ordering
	is imposed, e.g. ascending or descending numerical, {lexical
	ordering}, or date.

	Sorting is the subject of a great deal of study since it is a
	common operation which can consume a lot of computer time.
	There are many well-known sorting {algorithms} with different
	time and space behaviour and programming {complexity}.

	Examples are {quicksort}, {insertion sort}, {bubble sort},
	{heap sort}, and {tree sort}.  These employ many different
	data structures to store sorted data, such as {arrays},
	{linked lists}, and {binary trees}.

	2. <tool> The {Unix} utility program for sorting lines of
	files.

	{Unix manual page}: sort(1).

	(1997-02-12)

the table on the heading.

The code

<software> Instructions for a computer in some programming
	language, often {machine language}.  The word "code" is often
	used to distinguish instructions from {data} (e.g. "The code
	is marked 'read-only'") whereas "{software}" is used in
	contrast with "{hardware}" and may consist of more than just
	code.

	(2000-04-08)

snippet is:
<th scope="col"><a href="JAVAscript:;" onclick="loadBookingContent('<?
php echo

1. A {topic group} on {FidoNet}'s {echomail} system.

	Compare {newsgroup}.

	2. A {Unix} command that just prints its arguments.

	[{Jargon File}]

$SERVERPAGE_URL . SORT_BY_BOOKING; ?>','innerhbl')">Booking</
a></th>

<th scope="col"><a href="JAVAscript:;" onclick="loadBookingContent('<?
php echo $SERVERPAGE_URL . SORT_BY_VESSEL; ?>','innerhbl')">Vessel</
a></th>

<th scope="col"><a href="JAVAscript:;" onclick="loadBookingContent('<?
php echo $SERVERPAGE_URL . SORT_BY_CUTOFF; ?>','innerhbl')">Cutoff</
a></th>The $SERVERPAGE_URL variable

<programming> (Sometimes "var" /veir/ or /var/) A named memory
	location in which a program can store intermediate results and
	from which it can read it them.  Each {programming language}
	has different rules about how variables can be named, typed,
	and used.  Typically, a value is "assigned" to a variable in
	an {assignment} statement.  The value is obtained by
	evaluating an expression and then stored in the variable.  For
	example, the assignment

		x = y + 1

	means "add one to y and store the result in x".  This may look
	like a mathematical equation but the mathematical equality is
	only true in the program until the value of x or y changes.
	Furthermore, statements like

		x = x + 1

	are common.  This means "add one to x", which only makes sense
	as a state changing operation, not as a mathematical equality.

	The simplest form of variable corresponds to a single-{word}
	of {memory} or a {CPU} {register} and an assignment to a
	{load} or {store} {machine code} operation.

	A variable is usually defined to have a {type}, which never
	changes, and which defines the set of values the variable can
	hold.  A type may specify a single ("atomic") value or a
	collection ("aggregate") of values of the same or different
	types.  A common aggregate type is the {array} - a set of
	values, one of which can be selected by supplying a numerical
	{index}.

	Languages may be {untyped}, {weakly typed}, {strongly typed},
	or some combination.  {Object-oriented programming} languages
	extend this to {object} types or {classes}.

	A variable's {scope} is the region of the program source
	within which it represents a certain thing.  Scoping rules are
	also highly language dependent but most serious languages
	support both {local variables} and {global variables}.
	{Subroutine} and {function} {formal arguments} are special
	variables which are set automatically by the language runtime
	on entry to the subroutine.

	In a {functional programming} language, a variable's value
	never changes and change of state is handled as recursion over
	lists of values.

	(2004-11-16)

also contains one parameter

<programming> (Or "parameter") A name in a {function} or
	{subroutine} definition that is replaced by, or bound to, the
	corresponding {actual argument} when the function or
	subroutine is called.  In many languages formal arguments
	behave like {local variables} which get initialised on entry.

	See: {argument}.

	(2002-07-02)

, a session

<networking> 1. A lasting connection between a user (or user
	agent) and a {peer}, typically a {server}, usually involving
	the exchange of many packets between the user's computer and
	the server.  A session is typically implemented as a layer in
	a network {protocol} (e.g. {telnet}, {FTP}).

	In the case of protocols where there is no concept of a
	session layer (e.g. {UDP}) or where sessions at the {session
	layer} are generally very short-lived (e.g. {HTTP}), {virtual}
	sessions are implemented by having each exchange between the
	user and the remote host include some form of {cookie} which
	stores state (e.g. a unique session ID, information about the
	user's preferences or authorisation level, etc.).

	See also {login}.

	2. A lasting connection using the {session layer} of a
	networking protocol.

	(1997-08-03)

ID

I'd like to convert this to DOM

<hypertext, language, World-Wide Web> A {W3C} specification
	for {application program interfaces} for accessing the content
	of {HTML} and {XML} documents.

	{Home (http://www.w3.org/DOM/)}.

	(1999-12-14)

and store

[probably from "main store"] In some varieties of Commonwealth
	hackish, the preferred synonym for {core}.  Thus, "bringing a
	program into store" means not that one is returning
	shrink-wrapped software but that a program is being {swap}ped
	in.

	[{Jargon File}]

the code in an external
JS file thereby separating the JAVAScript code from the HTML

<hypertext, World-Wide Web, standard> (HTML) A {hypertext}
	document format used on the {World-Wide Web}.  HTML is built
	on top of {SGML}.  "Tags" are embedded in the text.  A tag
	consists of a "<", a "directive" (in lower case), zero or
	more parameters and a ">".  Matched pairs of directives, like
	"<title>" and "</title>" are used to delimit text which is to
	appear in a special place or style.

	Links to other documents are in the form

	 <a href="http://machine.edu/subdir/file.html">foo</a>

	where "<a>" and "</a>" delimit an "anchor", "href" introduces
	a hypertext reference, which is most often a {Uniform Resource
	Locator} (URL) (the string in double quotes in the example
	above).  The link will be represented in the browser by the
	text "foo" (typically shown underlined and in a different
	colour).

	A certain place within an HTML document can be marked with a
	named anchor, e.g.:

	 <a name="baz">

	The "fragment identifier", "baz", can be used in an href by
	appending "#baz" to the document name.

	Other common tags include <p> for a new paragraph, <b>..</b>
	for bold text, <ul> for an unnumbered list, <pre> for
	preformated text, <h1>, <h2> .. <h6> for headings.

	{HTML} supports some standard {SGML} {national characters} and
	other non-{ASCII} characters through special {escape
	sequences}, e.g. "&eacute;" for a lower case 'e' with an acute
	accent.  You can sometimes get away without the terminating
	semicolon but it's bad style.

	Most systems will ignore the case of tags and attributes but
	lower case should be used for compatibility with {XHTML}.

	The {World-Wide Web Consortium} (W3C) is the international
	{standards} body for HTML.

	Latest version: {XHTML} 1.0, as of 2000-09-10.

	{Home (http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/)}.

	{Character escape sequences
	(http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/MarkUp/ISOlat1.html)}.

	See also {weblint}.

	(2006-01-19)

.
However, I need to pass the first content of the loadBookingContent()
function but my PHP code does not work in an external JS file.

I'm relatively new at DOM but there must be a way.

Thanks,
Don

From: shimmyshack

Date: Sunday, October 28, 2007

wrote in message:

Hi,
I have created a table where the header columns link to an AJAX function
which calls a PHP file and returns content - the purpose is to sort
the table on the heading.
The code snippet is:
<th scope="col"><a href="JAVAscript:;" onclick="loadBookingContent('<?
php echo $SERVERPAGE_URL . SORT_BY_BOOKING; ?>','innerhbl')">Booking</
a></th>
<th scope="col"><a href="JAVAscript:;" onclick="loadBookingContent('<?
php echo $SERVERPAGE_URL . SORT_BY_VESSEL; ?>','innerhbl')">Vessel</
a></th>
<th scope="col"><a href="JAVAscript:;" onclick="loadBookingContent('<?
php echo $SERVERPAGE_URL . SORT_BY_CUTOFF; ?>','innerhbl')">Cutoff</
a></th>
The $SERVERPAGE_URL variable also contains one parameter, a session ID
I'd like to convert this to DOM and store the code in an external
JS file thereby separating the JAVAScript code from the HTML.
However, I need to pass the first content of the loadBookingContent()
function but my PHP code does not work in an external JS file.
I'm relatively new at DOM but there must be a way.
Thanks,
Don

if your table is one of many in the page then give the table an id
your external js should just spot this id
then cycle

<unit> A basic unit of computation, one period of a computer
	{clock}.

	Each {instruction} takes a number of clock cycles.  Often the
	computer can access its memory once on every clock cycle, and
	so one speaks also of "memory cycles".

	Every {hacker} wants more cycles (noted hacker {Bill Gosper}
	describes himself as a "cycle junkie").  There are only so
	many cycles per second, and when you are sharing a computer
	the cycles get divided up among the users.  The more cycles
	the computer spends working on your program rather than
	someone else's, the faster your program will run.  That's why
	every hacker wants more cycles: so he can spend less time
	waiting for the computer to respond.

	The use of the term "cycle" for a computer clock period can
	probably be traced back to the rotation of a generator
	generating alternating current though computers generally use
	a clock signal which is more like a {square wave}.
	Interestingly, the earliest mechanical calculators,
	e.g. Babbage's {Difference Engine}, really did have parts
	which rotated in true cycles.

	[{Jargon File}]

	(1997-09-30)

through the three column headers (the links)
and for each attach an onclick to the link sending the innerHTML value
of that link as the sort by paramter
you shouldnt need a session id in the url, this suggests an old style
php installation or programming

1. The art of debugging a blank sheet of paper (or, in these
	days of on-line editing, the art of debugging an empty file).

	2. A pastime similar to banging one's head against a wall, but
	with fewer opportunities for reward.

	3. The most fun you can have with your clothes on (although
	clothes are not mandatory).

	[{Jargon File}]

	(2003-02-12)

style. also innerhbl is being repeated
so I question whether you need to pass that as a paramter as well.
thus all you do is code for a "toogle" method

<programming> The name given in {Smalltalk} and other
	{object-oriented languages} to a procedure or routine
	associated with one or more {classes}.  An {object} of a
	certain class knows how to perform actions, e.g. printing
	itself or creating a new instance of itself, rather than the
	function (e.g. printing) knowing how to handle different types
	of object.

	Different classes may define methods with the same name
	(i.e. methods may be {polymorphic}).  The term "method" is used
	both for a named operation, e.g. "PRINT" and also for the code
	which a specific class provides to perform tha
	t operation.

	Most methods operate on objects that are instances of a
	certain class.  Some object-oriented languages call these
	"object methods" to distinguish then from "{class methods}".

	In {Smalltalk}, a method is defined by giving its name,
	documentation, temporary local variables and a sequence of
	expressions separated by "."s.

	(2000-03-22)

sending which you want
to toggle, the php script returns html of the new table (including the
headings though it doesnt not need to) and away you go.
thus you dont actually need php in your external js file at all

From: David Mark

Date: Sunday, October 28, 2007

wrote in message:

Hi,
I have created a table where the header columns link to an AJAX function
which calls a PHP file and returns content - the purpose is to sort
the table on the heading.
The code snippet is:
<th scope="col"><a href="JAVAscript:;" onclick="loadBookingContent('<?
php echo $SERVERPAGE_URL . SORT_BY_BOOKING; ?>','innerhbl')">Booking</
a></th>

First off, you need to give those links proper href's. Pass the sort
field

<data, database> An area of a {database} {record}, or
	{graphical user interface} {form}, into which a particular
	item of data is entered.

	Example usage: "The telephone number field is not really a
	numerical field", "Why do we need a four-digit field for the
	year?".

	A {database} {column} is the set of all instances of a given
	field from all records in a {table}.

	(1999-04-26)

to the PHP script that generates the page. That script needs to
look for that parameter and sort accordingly. Then users without
script can sort your tables. Even if you do not care about
accessibility, this lays the perfect foundation

The axiom of foundation states that the membership relation is
	well founded, i.e. that any non-empty collection Y of sets has
	a member y which is disjoint from Y.  This rules out sets
	which contain themselves (directly or indirectly).

for your AJAX
enhancement.

<th scope="col"><a href="JAVAscript:;" onclick="loadBookingContent('<?
php echo $SERVERPAGE_URL . SORT_BY_VESSEL; ?>','innerhbl')">Vessel</
a></th>
<th scope="col"><a href="JAVAscript:;" onclick="loadBookingContent('<?
php echo $SERVERPAGE_URL . SORT_BY_CUTOFF; ?>','innerhbl')">Cutoff</
a></th>
The $SERVERPAGE_URL variable also contains one parameter, a session ID
I'd like to convert this to DOM and store the code in an external
JS file thereby separating the JAVAScript code from the HTML.

Attach an onclick hander to the body and watch for anchor

<hypertext> (Or "span", "region", "button", "extent") An area
	within the content of a {hypertext} {node} (e.g. a {web page})
	which is the source or destination of a {link}.  A source
	anchor may be a word, phrase, image, or possibly the whole
	node.  A destination anchor may be a whole node or some
	position within the node.

	Typically, clicking with the {mouse} on a source anchor causes
	the link to be followed and the anchor at the opposite end of
	the link to be displayed.  Anchors are highlighted in some way
	(either always, or when the mouse is over them), or they may
	be marked by a special symbol.

	In {HTML} anchors are created with the <A..>..</A> construct.
	The opening A tag of a source anchor has an HREF (hypertext
	reference) attribute giving the destination in the form of a
	{URL} - usually a whole node or "page".  E.g.

		<A HREF="http://www.foldoc.org/">
		Free On-line Dictionary of Computing</A>

	Destination anchors are only used in HTML to name a position
	within a page using a NAME attribute.  E.g.

		<A NAME="chapter3">

	The name or "fragment identifier" is appended to the URL of
	the page with a "#":

		http://www.fairystory.com/goldilocks.html#chapter3

	(Though it is generally better to break pages into smaller
	units than to have large pages with named sections).

	(1997-11-15)

tags with
href's that contain the sort field parameter. Pass the href to the
loadBookingContent function. So that it downloads just the sorted
table (not the entire page), use a header to tell the PHP script that
it is an AJAX call.

From: Thomas PointedEars Lahn

Date: Sunday, October 28, 2007

wrote in message:

I've created a table where the header columns link to an AJAX function
which calls a PHP file and returns content - the purpose is to sort
the table on the heading.
The code snippet is:
<th scope="col"><a href="JAVAscript:;" onclick="loadBookingContent('<?

Are you using XHTML

<hypertext, standard, World-Wide Web> (XHTML) A reformulation
	of {HTML} 4.01 in {XML}.  Being XML means that XHTML can be
	viewed, edited, and validated with standard XML tools.  At the
	same time, it operates as well as or better than HTML 4 in
	existing HTML 4 conforming user agents.

	The most important change is that all elements must be
	terminated, either with a closing tag or using the <tag.../>
	shorthand.  So, instead of

		<input type=submit>

	you would write

		<input type="submit" />

	The space before the "/" is required by some older browsers.
	Other differences are that tag and attribute names should be
	lower case and all attributes should be quoted.

	{XHTML Home (http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/)}.

	{Quick Summary
	(http://www.technorealm.co.uk/design/html-to-xhtml-conversions.html)}

	Latest version: 1.0 Second Edition 2002-08-01, as of 2004-03-16.

	(2006-01-19)

and are you declaring the `scope' attribute

<data> A named value or relationship that exists for some or
	all {instances} of some {entity} and is directly associated
	with that instance.

	Examples include the {href} attribute of an {HTML} {anchor}
	element, the columns of a database table considered as
	attributes of each row, and the {members} ({properties} and
	{methods} of an {object} in {OOP}.  This contrasts with the
	contents of some kind of container (e.g. an array), which are
	typically not named.  The contents of an {associative array},
	though they might be considered to be named by their key
	values, are not normally thought of as attributes.

	(2001-02-04)

in your
internal subset? If not, the `th' element

1. <data, programming> One of the items of data in an {array}.

	2. <language, text> One kind of node in an {SGML}, {HTML}, or
	{XML} {document} {tree}.  An SGML element is typically
	represented by a start {tag} ("<p>") and an end tag ("</p>").
	In some SGML implementations, some tags are omissible, as with
	"</p>" in {HTML}.

	The start tag can contain {attributes} ("<p lang="en-UK"
	class='stuff'>"), which are an unordered set of key-value
	bindings for that element.  Both the start tag and end tag for
	an element typically contain the "tag name" (also called the
	"{GI}" or generic identifier) for that element.

	In {XML}, an element is always represented either by an
	explicit start tag and end tag, or by an empty element tag
	("<img src='thing.{png}' alt='a dodad' />").

	Other kinds of SGML node are: a section of character data
	("foo"), a comment ("<!-- bar -->"), a markup declaration
	("<!ENTITY reg CDATA '&#174'>"), or a processing instruction
	("<?xml-stylesheet href="shop-english.xsl" type="text/xsl"
	?>").

	(2001-01-30)

has no `scope' attribute in
Valid HTML. http://validator.w3.org/

The `JAVAscript:;' attribute value is nonsense. You should cancel the
`click' event

1. <software> An occurrence or happening of significance to a
	task or program, such as the completion of an asynchronous
	input/output operation.  A task may wait for an event or any
	of a set of events or it may (request to) receive asynchronous
	notification (a {signal} or {interrupt}) that the event has
	occurred.

	See also {event-driven}.

	2. <data> A transaction or other activity that affects the
	records in a file.

	(2000-02-09)

instead. And it'd be a good idea to remove the dependency
on client-side scripting -- you do want people without script support

After-sale handholding; something many software vendors
	promise but few deliver.  To hackers, most support people are
	useless - because by the time a hacker calls support he or she
	will usually know the software and the relevant manuals better
	than the support people (sadly, this is *not* a joke or
	exaggeration).  A hacker's idea of "support" is a tte--tte
	or exchange of {electronic mail} with the software's designer.

	[{Jargon File}]

	(1995-02-15)

to
book at your store, do not you?

php echo $SERVERPAGE_URL . SORT_BY_BOOKING; ?>','innerhbl')">Booking</
a></th>
<th scope="col"><a href="JAVAscript:;" onclick="loadBookingContent('<?
php echo $SERVERPAGE_URL . SORT_BY_VESSEL; ?>','innerhbl')">Vessel</
a></th>
<th scope="col"><a href="JAVAscript:;" onclick="loadBookingContent('<?
php echo $SERVERPAGE_URL . SORT_BY_CUTOFF; ?>','innerhbl')">Cutoff</
a></th>
The $SERVERPAGE_URL variable also contains one parameter, a session ID
I'd like to convert this to DOM and store the code in an external
JS file thereby separating the JAVAScript code from the HTML.
However, I need to pass the first content of the loadBookingContent()
function but my PHP code does not work in an external JS file.
I'm relatively new at DOM [...]

It shows. Your notion of "converting to DOM" is based on the misconception
that you are currently not using the DOM, which in fact you do by employing
intrinsic event handler attributes.

Therefore, my first attempt of refactoring

<object-oriented, programming> Improving a computer {program}
	by reorganising its internal structure without altering its
	external behaviour.

	When software developers add new features to a program, the
	code degrades because the original program was not designed
	with the extra features in mind.

	This problem could be solved by either rewriting the existing
	code or working around the problems which arise when adding
	the new features.  Redesigning a program is extra work, but
	not doing so would create a program which is more complicated
	than it needs to be.  Refactoring is a collection of
	techniques which have been designed to provide an alternative
	to the two situations mentioned above.

	The techniques enable programmers to restructure code so
	that the design of a program is clearer.  It also allows
	programmers to extract {reusable components}, streamline a
	program, and make additions to the program easier to
	implement.

	Refactoring is usually done by renaming {methods}, moving
	{fields} from one {class} to another, and moving code into a
	separate method.

	Although it is done using small and simple steps,
	refactoring a program will vastly improve its design and
	structure, making it easier to maintain and leading to
	more robust code.

	{"Refactoring, Reuse & Reality" by Bill Opdyke
	(http://st-www.cs.uiuc.edu/users/opdyke/wfo.990201.refac.html)}.

	{"Refactoring, a first example" by Martin Fowler
	(http://www.aw.com/cseng/titles/0-201-89542-0/vidrefact/vidrefact.html)}.

	(2001-05-02)

your code'd be HTML refactoring:

<th class="col"><a href="<?php
echo preg_replace('/?.*/', '', $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
?>?sort=booking" onclick="loadBookingContent('<?php
echo $SERVERPAGE_URL . SORT_BY_BOOKING;
?>', 'innerhbl'); return false">Booking</a></th>

<th class="col"><a href="<?php
echo preg_replace('/?.*/', '', $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
?>?sort=vessel" onclick="loadBookingContent('<?php
echo $SERVERPAGE_URL . SORT_BY_VESSEL;
?>', 'innerhbl'); return false">Vessel</a></th>

<th class="col"><a <a href="<?php
echo preg_replace('/?.*/', '', $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
?>?sort=cutoff" onclick="loadBookingContent('<?php
echo $SERVERPAGE_URL . SORT_BY_CUTOFF;
?>', 'innerhbl'); return false">Cutoff</a></th>

Then I'd refactor the PHP code:

<?php
$sort_cols = array(
'Booking' => SORT_BY_BOOKING,
'Vessel' => SORT_BY_VESSEL,
'Cutoff' => SORT_BY_CUTOFF);

$me = preg_replace('/?.*/', '', $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);

foreach ($sort_cols as $key => $val)
{
?>
<th class="col"><a href="<?php
echo "${me}?sort=" . strtolower($key);
?>" onclick="loadBookingContent('<?php
echo $SERVERPAGE_URL . $val;
?>', 'innerhbl'); return false"><?php
echo $key;
?></a></th>
<?php
}
?>

And only *then* I'd ask myself whether or not it was necessary to
further "separate the JAVAScript code from the HTML" and'd probably
answer "no". However, if I were to answer "yes", then I'd use event
bubbling. And if I wouldn't knew what that was, I'd ask Google.HTH

PointedEars
--
realism: HTML 4.01 Strict
evangelism: XHTML 1.0 Strict
madness: XHTML 1.1 as application/xhtml+xml
-- Bjoern Hoehrmann

From: Thomas PointedEars Lahn

Date: Sunday, October 28, 2007

wrote in message:

$me = preg_replace('/?.*/', '', $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);

$me = preg_replace('/\?.*/', '', $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);

PHP's PCRE-based engine

<jargon> 1. A piece of {hardware} that encapsulates some
	function but can't be used without some kind of {front end}.
	Today we have, especially, "{print engine}": the guts of a
	{laser printer}.

	2. An analogous piece of software; notionally, one that does a
	lot of noisy {crunching}, such as a "database engine", or
	"{search engine}".

	The hackish senses of "engine" are actually close to its
	original, pre-Industrial-Revolution sense of a skill, clever
	device, or instrument (the word is cognate to "ingenuity").
	This sense had not been completely eclipsed by the modern
	connotation of power-transducing machinery in {Charles
	Babbage}'s time, which explains why he named the
	stored-program computer that he designed in 1844 the
	"{Analytical Engine}".

	[{Jargon File}]

	(1996-05-31)

isn't that forgiving.PointedEars
--
"Use any version

<programming> One of a sequence of copies of a program, each
	incorporating new modifications.  Each version is usually
	identified by a number, commonly of the form X.Y where X is
	the major version number and Y is the release number.
	Typically an increment in X (with Y reset to zero) signifies a
	substantial increase in the function of the program or a
	partial or total re-implementation, whereas Y increases each
	time the progam is changed in any way and re-released.

	Version numbers are useful so that the user can know if the
	program has changed ({bugs} have been fixed or new functions
	added) since he obtained his copy and the programmer can tell
	if a bug report relates to the current version.  It is thus
	always important to state the version when reporting bugs.
	Statements about compatibility between different software
	components should always say which versions they apply to.

	See {change management}.

	(1997-12-07)

of Microsoft

<company> The biggest supplier of {operating systems} and
	other software for {IBM PC} compatibles.  Software products
	include {MS-DOS}, {Microsoft Windows}, {Windows NT},
	{Microsoft Access}, {LAN Manager}, {MS Client}, {SQL Server},
	{Open Data Base Connectivity} (ODBC), {MS Mail}, and {SNA
	Server} for Windows NT.

	Microsoft was founded as "Micro-soft" in 1975 by {Bill Gates}
	(now CEO) and his high school pal Paul Allen.  Their first
	product was a version of {BASIC} for the new {Altair} computer
	[which one?].  In 1980, {IBM} chose Microsoft to supply the
	{operating system} for the {IBM PC}.

	On the UK television program "The Net" in May 1994, {Bill
	Gates} said he was betting his company on the {information
	highway}".

	Quarterly sales $1293M, profits $362M (Aug 1994).

	{Home (http://www.microsoft.com/)}.
	{(ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/)}.

	{Interesting Info and Other Microsoft WWW Servers
	(http://www-drg.microsoft.com/devinfo.htm)}.

	{Microsoft Windows Developer Information
	(http://www-drg.microsoft.com/devinfo.htm)}.

	{Microsoft Research Group Information
	(http://www.research.microsoft.com)}.

	{Win_News
	(http://www.microsoft.com/chicago/ms-www/ms-intro.htm)}.
	maintained by the Personal Operating Systems Division to
	distribute information on {Microsoft Windows}, {MS-DOS} and
	{Windows 95}.

	(1998-11-06)

Frontpage to create your site. (This won't
prevent people from viewing your source, but no one will want to steal it.)"
-- from <http://www.vortex-webdesign.com/help/hidesource.htm>

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