Thank you for the reply. But server push does not seem practical when we can't flush the HTTP connection. Although they did explain how to overcome it, however I require the HTTP connection to stay alive for I will use it for a live graph presentation (similar to the stock graph in yahoo finance.)
I would like to know has every browser in fact support HTML5 already? I think most of the users in the world are still using browsers with HTML4 (Internet Explorer). Thank you, Fendy Tjin On Jul 2, 10:49 pm, Stefan Bachert <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > there are some ways. > > The buzz words are comet, server push, long poll. > These techniques are requesting values from the server, but the server > only fulfills the requests when datas are available. > The effect is, the client will wait until the server has data. > > With HTML5 is WebSockets coming. This is a regular bidirectional link > between client and server. > > Neither of these technologies needs a timer, not even "long polling" > > Stefan Bacherthttp://gwtworld.de > > On Jul 2, 11:25 am, Fendy Tjin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Is there a way to automatically refresh the client side when ever > > there are changes in the database without the timer on the client side. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
