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
>
>
>
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