Aaron Johnson wrote: > So in a nutshell > > - Create a temp (flag) file > - Generate and send the HTML to the browser which includes a meta > refresh > - Add the temp file to their session data (or something similar) > - Exec a process and send the temp file name to it > - On page refresh look to see if the temp (flag) file still exists and > if so create a new waiting page ( meta refresh ), otherwise deliver end > results.
Randal has a description of this process -- with code -- here: http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/WebTechniques/col20.html It's for CGI, but all the principles are the same. - Perrin
