Global Functions

Chapter 13
Global Functions

This chapter contains all JavaScript functions not associated with any object.

Table 13.1 summarizes these functions.

Table 13.1 Global functions

Function Description

addClient
Appends client information to URLs.

addResponseHeader
Adds new information to the response header sent to the client.

blob
Assigns BLOb data to a column in a cursor.

callC
Calls a native function.

debug
Displays values of expressions in the trace window or frame.

deleteResponseHeader
Removes information from the header of the response sent to the client.

escape
Returns the hexadecimal encoding of an argument in the ISO Latin-1 character set; used to create strings to add to a URL.

eval
Evaluates a string of JavaScript code without reference to a particular object.

flush
Flushes the output buffer.

getOptionValue
Gets values of individual options in an HTML SELECT form element.

getOptionValueCount
Gets the number of options in an HTML SELECT form element.

isNaN
Evaluates an argument to determine if it is not a number.

Number
Converts an object to a number.

parseFloat
Parses a string argument and returns a floating-point number.

parseInt
Parses a string argument and returns an integer.

redirect
Redirects the client to the specified URL.

registerCFunction
Registers a native function for use in server-side JavaScript.

ssjs_generateClientID
Returns an identifier you can use to uniquely specify the client object.

ssjs_getCGIVariable
Returns the value of the specified environment variable set in the server process, including some CGI variables.

ssjs_getClientID
Returns the identifier for the client object used by some of JavaScript's client-maintenance techniques.

String
Converts an object to a string.

taint
Adds tainting to a data element or script.

unescape
Returns the ASCII string for the specified value; used in parsing a string added to a URL.

untaint
Removes tainting from a data element or script.

write
Adds statements to the client-side HTML page being generated.

Function	Description
`addClient`	Appends client information to URLs.
`addResponseHeader`	Adds new information to the response header sent to the client.
`blob`	Assigns BLOb data to a column in a cursor.
`callC`	Calls a native function.
`debug`	Displays values of expressions in the trace window or frame.
`deleteResponseHeader`	Removes information from the header of the response sent to the client.
`escape`	Returns the hexadecimal encoding of an argument in the ISO Latin-1 character set; used to create strings to add to a URL.
`eval`	Evaluates a string of JavaScript code without reference to a particular object.
`flush`	Flushes the output buffer.
`getOptionValue`	Gets values of individual options in an HTML SELECT form element.
`getOptionValueCount`	Gets the number of options in an HTML SELECT form element.
`isNaN`	Evaluates an argument to determine if it is not a number.
`Number`	Converts an object to a number.
`parseFloat`	Parses a string argument and returns a floating-point number.
`parseInt`	Parses a string argument and returns an integer.
`redirect`	Redirects the client to the specified URL.
`registerCFunction`	Registers a native function for use in server-side JavaScript.
`ssjs_generateClientID`	Returns an identifier you can use to uniquely specify the `client` object.
`ssjs_getCGIVariable`	Returns the value of the specified environment variable set in the server process, including some CGI variables.
`ssjs_getClientID`	Returns the identifier for the `client` object used by some of JavaScript's client-maintenance techniques.
`String`	Converts an object to a string.
`taint`	Adds tainting to a data element or script.
`unescape`	Returns the ASCII string for the specified value; used in parsing a string added to a URL.
`untaint`	Removes tainting from a data element or script.
`write`	Adds statements to the client-side HTML page being generated.

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Chapter 13 Global Functions

Chapter 13
Global Functions