Benjamin,
Thank you kindly again.
One last inquiry. Do I pop that into a separate script? Possible just throw
it inside of a $(document).ready() wrapper?
On 8/10/07, Benjamin Sterling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Not entirely sure what you are saying but you can do something like:
>
> setInterval(function(){
> $.ajax({
> type: "POST",
> url: "some.php
> ",
>
> success: function(msg){
> $('myDiv).text(msg);
> }
> });
> }, 1000);
>
>
>
> On 8/10/07, Steve Finkelstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Benjamin,
> >
> > I believe you understood properly, yes!
> >
> > I'm not sending the server any information, just receiving back
> > information from a database which is influenced from other sources, not this
> > application. I'll have to lookup SetInterval syntax, thanks for the
> > pointer. Is it wise to try the excerpt you put below in a separate script
> > to keep my XHTML clean and call it within the div somehow?
> >
> > Thanks again for your help.
> >
> > On 8/10/07, Benjamin Sterling < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Steve,
> > > You ultimately don't need to send params to the server side page, you
> > > will just need to account for the returned information.
> > >
> > > $.ajax({
> > > type: "POST",
> > > url: "some.php",
> > >
> > > success: function(msg){
> > > alert( "Data Saved: " + msg );
> > > }
> > > });
> > >
> > > the success is where you would put your function to handle your return
> > > information.
> > >
> > > Now, if this is something you want to do every X amount of minutes or
> > > seconds, just put that in a setInterval function.
> > >
> > > Let me know if I understood you correctly.
> > >
> > > On 8/10/07, Steve Finkelstein < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi all
> > > >
> > > > I'm looking to populate a div with information from a database ...
> > > > don't want to pass any parameters to the serverside script, just
> > > > want
> > > > the div updated according to my query if the db record sets are
> > > > modified, is .ajaxStart() the appropriate function for this?
> > > >
> > > > I'm basically looking to have the jquery poll the server every X
> > > > seconds. Since HTTP is a connectionless protocol, I'm not entirely
> > > > sure what the proper way would be to stop/start the request using
> > > > good
> > > > practices.
> > > >
> > > > In pseudo-type code it should work like this:
> > > >
> > > > User visits site.
> > > >
> > > > a request is made from the client to the server to invoke a
> > > > function.
> > > > a function on the server-side queries my mysql database with a
> > > > simple
> > > > query.
> > > > the result set is returned as an array to the javascript object.
> > > > the javascript object gets injected into the DOM.
> > > >
> > > > No parameters are passed in the ajax request to the server.
> > > >
> > > > thanks again for any insight folks.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Benjamin Sterling
> > > http://www.KenzoMedia.com
> > > http://www.KenzoHosting.com
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Benjamin Sterling
> http://www.KenzoMedia.com
> http://www.KenzoHosting.com
>
