Oops, I sent my message without finishing it (that's what I get for having to many windows open). I think your #2 option would work. It's very similar to what I have done in the pass . I forgot exactly how I did it, I would have to look in my archives, but I'm pretty sure it was something like that, I know it involved 3 pages 1. please hold page 2. page to verify the status of the process, then redirect to #1 or else #2 3. final result ---> Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: fredridv@tva.ifi.uio.no [mailto:fredridv@tva.ifi.uio.no] On Behalf Of Fredrik de Vibe Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 2:33 PM To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: Processing Page aspire420@hotpop.com (Aspire Something) writes: > We are working on a project where the backend churns data for about > 1 Minute (time out limit is 2 min) we would like to put a page like > PROCESSING .... > during the database is busy doing its fine job. And also a sucess > page appears when the process is sucessfull. > Please if you have any idea how it can be done please let me Since a client never can talk to a server with html pages this is afaik not really possible. You'd have to use something like a java applet, flash or something else that is able to talk to a server. However, you could maybe work around it in some ways, I haven't tested these, but I guess they should work to some extent: 1. Simple. Just make a page which reloads the "target" page after one minute. This, however, might be problematic if the work takes longer than one minute and would create needless waiting time if the work is processed quicker. 2. More or less the same as (1), but a little more sophisticated. Send a page that loads itself every five or ten seconds. For each reload, test if the work has been done, if not send the same page, otherwise, send a "success" page or whatever. Others may have better solutions, and there could be problems with these that I haven't thought of, but at least they're suggestions ;-) -- --Fredrik If God is dead, who will save the Queen? -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
