Re: asynchronous call?

2008-05-05 Thread Richard White
thanks Dave i was starting to look into event gateways but i do have coldfusion 8 so will definitely now look into the cfthread tag thanks also for your feedback at least i now know i am on the right path richard >> i have a process that does take some time to do. i.e it gets > >You can do thi

RE: asynchronous call?

2008-05-04 Thread Dave Watts
> i have a process that does take some time to do. i.e it gets > data out of the database, processes it, and then converts it > to a spreadsheet. the data and data processing can get quite > large and therefore i think the best way to do this would be > as follows: > > when the user clicks on

asynchronous call?

2008-05-04 Thread Richard White
hi, i have a process that does take some time to do. i.e it gets data out of the database, processes it, and then converts it to a spreadsheet. the data and data processing can get quite large and therefore i think the best way to do this would be as follows: when the user clicks on a button t