[Javascript] Ajax question

[tedd at sperling.com (tedd)]

At 3:34 PM -0800 12/30/06, Paul Novitski wrote:
>At 12/30/2006 03:13 PM, tedd wrote:
>>It works like this -- I can either send the variable "rock" OR 
>>launch the next page, but not both!
>
>I wonder if what's happening is that the page redirect cancels out 
>all pending requests.  This would make sense -- when you click on a 
>link on a page that's still downloading, you want it to redirect 
>immediately and not wait for the first page to resolve.  I would 
>think that from the server's point of view, once the client asks to 
>redirect, all previously pending requests from that client should be 
>cancelled so it doesn't waste resources trying to deliver content to 
>a client that's no longer interested.
>
>If this model applies to your situation then you might be able to 
>work around it by imposing a delay between the two requests.  But 
>how long a delay?  Would it depend on connection speed and bandwidth 
>traffic?

Yes, that's the idea -- but a delay won't work here.

>I agree with Mike -- don't make pages that break in the absence of javascript.

I agree with Mike too -- it doesn't.

>If you're avoiding GET because you don't want values visible in the 
>querystring, have you considered using POST?  That way you can go to 
>your next page and submit hidden values to a server-side script (for 
>setting the session variables) in one operation.

Yes, I've considered using POST.

I had a back channel post that provide me with the insight I needed. 
I'll post what I came up with and why, shortly.

Thanks.

tedd
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