> I'm building a web page that periodically polls the server to display > the status (OK, busy, loading, etc.)
jQuery doesn't actually check the returned contents from the server, instead it sends the If-Modified-Since header to the server and checks the Last-Modified response header coming back. Only if its the header has been modified will jQuery actually report the data as also being modified. This is an important distinction, and it relies upon your script (if you're displaying things dynamically) you need to also report a correct header. If you're only retrieving a static file, smart web servers (like Apache) do this for you, so you don't need to worry about it. --John _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/
