I have the following javascript functions, which when in a standalone file, will be called correctly from a page.

```
function deleteItem(layer, url) {
    var xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject();
    if(xmlHttp==null) {
        alert("Your browser is not supported?");
    }
    xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
        if(xmlHttp.readyState==4 || xmlHttp.readyState=="complete") {
            if(xmlHttp.responseText == 'result=true') {
                var row = document.getElementById(layer);
                row.parentNode.removeChild(row);
            }
            document.getElementById(layer).innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;
        } else if (xmlHttp.readyState==1 || xmlHttp.readyState=="loading") {
            document.getElementById(layer).innerHTML="loading";
        }
    }
    xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true);
    xmlHttp.send(null);
}
function deleteRec(layer, pk) {
    url = "get_records.php?cmd=deleterec&pk="+pk+"&sid="+Math.random();
    if (confirm("Confirm Delete?")) {
        deleteItem(layer, url);
    }
}
function GetXmlHttpObject() {
    var xmlHttp=null;
    try {
        xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
    catch (e) {
        try {
            xmlHttp =new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
        }
        catch (e) {
        }
    }
    return xmlHttp;
}

```

It is called like so:

```
 echo '<td><a href="#" onclick="deleteRec(\'article_' . $pk .'\', \'' . $pk . '\')">DELETE</a></td>' . "\n"; 

```

This displays the confirm dialog, and will delete the page if OK is clicked, as it should.

However.

When my other necessary functions are placed in the js file, nothing will happen.

```
function update(layer, url) {
    var xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject();
    if(xmlHttp==null) {
        alert("Your browser is not supported?");
    }
    xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
        if(xmlHttp.readyState==4 || xmlHttp.readyState=="complete") {
            document.getElementById(layer).innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;
        } else if (xmlHttp.readyState==1 || xmlHttp.readyState=="loading") {
            document.getElementById(layer).innerHTML="loading";
        }
    }
    xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true);
    xmlHttp.send(null);
}
function updateByPk(layer, pk) {
    url = "get_auction.php?cmd=GetAuctionData&pk="+pk+"&sid="+Math.random();
    update(layer, url);
}
function updateByQuery(layer, query) {
    url = "get_records.php?cmd=GetRecordSet&query="+query+"&sid="+Math.random();
    update(layer, url);
}
function updateByPage(layer, query, pg) {
    url = "get_records.php?cmd=GetRecordSet&query="+query+"&pg="+pg+"&sid="+Math.random();
    update(layer, url);
}
function deleteItem(layer, url) {
    var xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject();
    if(xmlHttp==null) {
        alert("Your browser is not supported?");
    }
    xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
        if(xmlHttp.readyState==4 || xmlHttp.readyState=="complete") {
            if(xmlHttp.responseText == 'result=true') {
                var row = document.getElementById(layer);
                row.parentNode.removeChild(row);
            }
            document.getElementById(layer).innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;
        } else if (xmlHttp.readyState==1 || xmlHttp.readyState=="loading") {
            document.getElementById(layer).innerHTML="loading";
        }
    }
    xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true);
    xmlHttp.send(null);
}
function deleteRec(layer, pk) {
    url = "get_records.php?cmd=deleterec&pk="+pk+"&sid="+Math.random();
    if (confirm("Confirm Delete?")) {
        deleteItem(layer, url);
    }
}
function GetXmlHttpObject() {
    var xmlHttp=null;
    try {
        xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
    catch (e) {
        try {
            xmlHttp =new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");

        }
        catch (e) {
        }
    }
    return xmlHttp;
}
function makewindows(html) {
    child1 = window.open ("about:blank");
    child1.document.write(html);
    child1.document.close();
}

```

There does not seem to be anything wrong with the JavaScript itself, so I am wondering if something is being canceled out somehow. Even when changing deleterec() to a simple alert nothing happens.