Why is this function not working in Internet Explorer?

[NKeuxmuis]

I have the following Javascript function that just refuses to work in Internet Explorer (since IE is absolute .......). Can anybody tell me why this wouldn't be working in IE and what I need to do to fix it? I am new to Javascript so don't really have any idea

function displaymember()

{

    var d = new Date();

    var curr_date = d.getDate();

    if (curr_date < 10)

    curr_date = "0" + curr_date;

    var curr_month = d.getMonth();

    curr_month++;

    if (curr_month < 10)

    curr_month = "0" + curr_month;

    var curr_year = d.getFullYear();

    //alert("date="+curr_date+" month="+curr_month+" year="+curr_year);
    for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++)

    {

        membershipstatus = (x[i].getElementsByTagName("membership_status")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue);

        name = (x[i].getElementsByTagName("name")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue);

        body = (x[i].getElementsByTagName("body_type")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue);

        ethnicity = (x[i].getElementsByTagName("ethnicity")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue);

        sex = (x[i].getElementsByTagName("sex")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue);

        profession = (x[i].getElementsByTagName("profession")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue);

        seeking = (x[i].getElementsByTagName("seeking")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue);

        date = (x[i].getElementsByTagName("date_joined")[0]);

        month = (date.getElementsByTagName("month")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue);

        year = (date.getElementsByTagName("year")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue);

        newa = document.createElement('a');

        aIdName = 'my' + i + 'a';

        ahref = '#';

        aclick = 'show(' + i + ')';

        newa.setAttribute('id', aIdName);

        newa.setAttribute('href', ahref);

        newa.setAttribute('onclick', aclick);

        newa.innerHTML = name + " | " + body + " " + ethnicity + " " + sex + " " + profession + " with " + membershipstatus + " membership seeks " + seeking + "<br/>";

        if (curr_month == month && curr_year == year) {

            document.getElementById("member").appendChild(newa);
        }

    }

}

[mrhoo]

You do not tell us if the code works in any browser, nor do you say where x comes from. It must be a global node list...

[NKeuxmuis]

Hi,

Sorry the code works in all browsers except IE. X is the length of an XML file but the problem is not related to that. I have just figured out that it is to do with the date aspect of the above code. If I remove the "date" parts the code works although I need the date section :-(. Therefore, the problem is within these parts of the code

var d = new Date();

var curr_date = d.getDate();

if (curr_date < 10)

curr_date = "0" + curr_date;

var curr_month = d.getMonth();

curr_month++;

if (curr_month < 10)

curr_month = "0" + curr_month;

var curr_year = d.getFullYear();

//alert("date="+curr_date+" month="+curr_month+" year="+curr_year);

or it could be the following section

if(curr_month==month && curr_year==year){

document.getElementById("member").appendChild(newa);}

[NKeuxmuis]

Also I have only pasted the relevant function above so there is code missing. The entire code would be confusing as the problem lies within the date parts of this function

[NKeuxmuis]

I think it might be this part that isn't working, does anyone know why?

if(curr_month==month && curr_year==year){

document.getElementById("member").appendChild(newa);}

[AndrewGSW]

The nodeValue returns a string/ text value.

month = (date.getElementsByTagName("month")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
month = parseInt(month); // convert to a number - do the same for month.

membershipstatus = (x[i].getElementsByTagName("membership_status")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue);

Are you inventing your own tag names? Perhaps you're using XHTML?

If you only have one element 'membership_status' then give it this id and use 'getElementById'.
Is the value you need within the first child of the element? Depending on the type of element it is some browsers can insert hidden text nodes or elements.