Jquery nor javascript running on this page

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I need a jquery to function to run on page load. I could not get it to work so I took the page and jquery script down to bare bones yet it still does not work. Here is the page:

<head>
    <title>Jump Page</title>
    <link href="Styles/Site.css" rel="Stylesheet" type="text/css" />

</head>
<body>
  <script type="text/javascript" src="Scripts/jquery-1.5.1.min.js" />
    <script type="text/javascript">


          $(function () {
              alert("test");

          });

    </script>
        <div>Report data is being loaded...</div>
        <img id="spinner" src="Styles/spinner.gif" />
</body>


</html>

No alert is shown. I've been able to accomplish this in MVC - why is this extremely simple page giving me so much grief?

Note: No script errors are given in IE and the source looks identical to what is shown here.

That should work, did you forget to copy the jQuery file to the scripts directory? — Steve Wellens
– Steve Wellens, Commented Jun 9, 2011 at 22:13

joekarl · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-09 22:11:18Z

4

The script tag cannot be an empty tag. Change to this and it should work.

<script type="text/javascript" src="Scripts/jquery-1.5.1.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">


      $(function () {
          alert("test");

      });

</script>

answered Jun 9, 2011 at 22:11

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cusimar9 · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-09 22:11:45Z

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You can't shorthand <script> tags, you need to put in the closing </script> tag

answered Jun 9, 2011 at 22:11

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Sparkup · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-09 22:11:29Z

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Close the script tag :

<script type="text/javascript" src="Scripts/jquery-1.5.1.min.js" /></script>

answered Jun 9, 2011 at 22:11

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