[jQuery] Re: Quick javascript question (not jQuery)

[Scott Sauyet]

Gordon wrote:
Doing an AJAX post whenever the form changes isn't acceptible 
because that would generate too much database traffic.

One solution I used successfully for similar requirements was to do an 
AJAX post for each change, and store the results in the server-side 
session, but not make any database calls until the user submitted the 
form or requested a new page or until the server session timed out.

I don't know what server-side tools you are using, but if you are using 
Java, check out DWR, which let me do that very smoothly.  I haven't yet 
tried to put that together with JQuery, and I don't know if they'll play 
nicely together.

Good luck,

  -- Scott