On 10/26/01, Aidan Whitehall penned: >I want a user to be able to specify the criteria for a report, dump the >criteria into a database, trigger a page that generates the report in the >background by specifying the ReportID value, then redirects the user to a >page saying "Your report is being created". > >At the moment, I'm using CFHTTP to call the template that creates the >report. However, the CFLOCATION then doesn't redirect the browser until the >report has been generated - I want the CFLOCATION to happen straight away. > >I don't want to use Scheduled Events as some reports will only take a few >seconds to run and the user won't like to have to wait another (say) 15 >minutes before all the outstanding reports are triggered for a small report. > >Any ideas on a good way of doing this? I'm sure the answer is simple but the >grey stuff is really struggling today...
Why not just show "Your report is being created" on the page that triggers the report rather than doing the cflocation? -- Bud Schneehagen - Tropical Web Creations _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ ColdFusion Solutions / eCommerce Development [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.twcreations.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
