You can check out the plugin I have been working on also. It uses the Bayeux protocol to handle channeled communication with a cometd server. http://plugins.jquery.com/project/Comet
On Feb 5, 2008 8:11 AM, Jamie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > FYI, for anyone else who might want a solution for this.. > > I ended up doing it using an alternate reverse ajax which closes the > connection after an update is sent. > > On the first call, the client requests a long-executing call be > started. The server starts a thread to perform the request and > returns an ID to identify the request. > > The client then updates the page UI and immediately requests an update > from the server. The server sits on the request (pauses the request > thread) until new status information is available, at which point it > sends the status back to the client (I use XML do to the > infrastructure of my site, you could use JSON). The client then > updates the UI again. > > This repeats until the state received from the server indicates the > call is complete. > > - Jamie > > > > On Jan 25, 8:47 am, Jamie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey, > > > > Has anyone ever tried any reverse ajax solution using jQuery? I have > > a slow-loading ajax call and would like the server to send back status > > updates through the open HTML connection. Does anyone know how I > > could gain access to the server response data as in comes in, rather > > than at the completion of the ajax call? > > > > Thanks! > > Jamie Goodfellow > -- http://morglog.alleycatracing.com Lets make up more accronyms! http://www.alleycatracing.com LTABOTIIOFR! ROFL! ROFL! ROFL! Upcoming alley cats, reviews, touring logs, and a general congregation of bike nerdity.
