Perfect! That works great, thank you!
On Aug 20, 12:34 pm, "Josh Nathanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "timeout" is actually how long the request will wait to complete before it
> sends back a timeout error. You actually want setTimeout, like so. This
> will wait five seconds before doing the ajax request.
>
> var t = setTimeout( function() {
> $.ajax({
> type: "GET",
> url: "myurl.com",
> beforeSend: function() {
> $("#adminToolsListingA .scroll").html("");
> $("#adminToolsListingA .ajaxLoading").show();
> },
> success: function(html) {
> $("#adminToolsListingA .ajaxLoading").hide();
> $("#adminEditListingA .scroll").html(html);
> }
> });
> }, 5000 );
>
> -- Josh
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "hubbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "jQuery (English)" <jquery-en@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:25 AM
> Subject: [jQuery] $.ajax() timeout
>
> > I seem to not be understanding how the ajax timeout works, because it
> > does not seem to work how I thought.
>
> > I was hope it would delay the ajax request, for the number of
> > miliseconds that is specified, but that does not seem to be working.
> > Is the timeout used for something different? Or is there a different
> > way to delay an ajax request for a few seconds?
>
> > Using:
>
> > $.ajax({
> > type: "GET",
> > timeout: 5000,
> > url: "myurl.com",
> > beforeSend: function() {
> > $("#adminToolsListingA .scroll").html("");
> > $("#adminToolsListingA .ajaxLoading").show();
> > },
> > success: function(html) {
> > $("#adminToolsListingA .ajaxLoading").hide();
> > $("#adminEditListingA .scroll").html(html);
> > }
> > });
