Preserved Topic: Capture SSI variable in javascript variable

Greets -

I need to capture an SSI variable, $QUERY_STRING_UNESCAPED into a javascript variable. I tried
var template=<!--#echo var="$QUERY_STRING_UNESCAPED" -->
but that left the variable as undefined.

What's the best way to do this?

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I believe the problem would then rest in the query string. If there is no query string returned then it would return undefined. But it should give output.

var j = '<!--#echo var="$QUERY_STRING_UNESCAPED" -->';

Ah, writing that I think I found the problem.

If you do not put, the SSI call into quotes of some sort, the JS engine will believe that what is returned is a variable, because it is just a word. And then the variable would not reference any data, therefore you get undefined.

maybe?

Lose the $ and it works for me.

oh yeah, i missed that one completely...