--- Mark Stosberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2006-04-27, B Wooster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've seen people use Javascript (changing text on a page), using > > redirects, etc to handle the case where a "please wait" screen has to > > be shown on a submit. > > > > Are there best practices on doing this with CGI::Application? > > One pattern to address this was proposed by Randal Schwartz in 1997: > http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/WebTechniques/col20.html > > Simplified: > > Fork the long running process into the background. This process > can report its status to a file as it goes. > > The page that the user sees can refresh it periodically, checking the status > via the file and reporting back to the user. > > I've used this kind of pattern successfully myself. >
haven't used mod_perl much. i am curious if it works well under mod_perl ? Qiang __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Web Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=cgiapp&r=1&w=2 To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
