Hi Josh, It is not JQuery style. JQuery allows you to handle timeout event by implementing error() callback like this
jQuery.ajax({ beforeSend: function(xhr) { // do something such as: set headers }, type: "GET", timeout: 5000, url: Pone.buildRestfulUrl(document.getElementById('ajaxCompanyLookup')), dataType: "json", success: function(response){ jQuery('#loading').hide(); handleJsonResponse(response); jQuery("#ajaxCompanyLookupButton").removeAttr('disabled'); }, error: displayError }); Now you can define a callback named displayError function displayError(request, errorType, errorThrown) { try { if (errorType == 'timeout') { // do sonething here } catch (e) {} } More natural, right? pcdinh http://groups.google.com/group/phpvietnam On Aug 21, 2:34 am, "Josh Nathanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "timeout" is actually how long the request will wait to complete before it > sends back atimeouterror. You actually want setTimeout, like so. This > will wait five seconds before doing the ajax request. > > var t = setTimeout( function() { > $.ajax({ > type: "GET", > url: "myurl.com", > beforeSend: function() { > $("#adminToolsListingA .scroll").html(""); > $("#adminToolsListingA .ajaxLoading").show(); > }, > success: function(html) { > $("#adminToolsListingA .ajaxLoading").hide(); > $("#adminEditListingA .scroll").html(html); > } > }); > }, 5000 ); > > -- Josh > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "hubbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "jQuery (English)" <jquery-en@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:25 AM > Subject: [jQuery] $.ajax()timeout > > > I seem to not be understanding how the ajaxtimeoutworks, because it > > does not seem to work how I thought. > > > I was hope it would delay the ajax request, for the number of > > miliseconds that is specified, but that does not seem to be working. > > Is thetimeoutused for something different? Or is there a different > > way to delay an ajax request for a few seconds? > > > Using: > > > $.ajax({ > > type: "GET", > > timeout: 5000, > > url: "myurl.com", > > beforeSend: function() { > > $("#adminToolsListingA .scroll").html(""); > > $("#adminToolsListingA .ajaxLoading").show(); > > }, > > success: function(html) { > > $("#adminToolsListingA .ajaxLoading").hide(); > > $("#adminEditListingA .scroll").html(html); > > } > > });