Adding jquery to a page

[Srikkanth Mohanasundaram]

Hello all,

I have HTML page which contains some javascript functions , now I try to include jquery.js file in this page. I'm not adding this in the head of the HTML.But when i add this, the whole page is not displayed.

   <script language="JavaScript" src="/path/jquery-1.3.2.js" type="text/javascript"/> 

I remove the include, and the page is rendered again. Is jquery working on the HTML elements on page load? Or should it be always added to the head of the HTML doc?

Thanks,
Srikkanth

[Bear Bibeault]

The syntax is invalid. <script> tags cannot be self-closing.

[Bear Bibeault]

And yes, the script should be in the head element.

[Srikkanth Mohanasundaram]

Thanks for pointing out the mistake Bear. I changed it to this, and now it is working. But why do you say it should be in the HEAD?

 <script language="JavaScript" src="/path/jquery-1.3.2.js" type="text/javascript"></script> 

Thanks,
Srikkanth

[Bear Bibeault]

Convention, and to be sure that it's loaded before the body.

[Srikkanth Mohanasundaram]

Thanks a lot for your help