Looks like a lot of what I've done was done before with jQuery Timers
- so take a look at that as well.
On Aug 18, 9:40 am, westamastaflash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sorry about not replying sooner, I was offline after I posted last
> night.
>
> Pops:
> About passing parameters:
> I tried to follow the example in the jQuery docs of using
> jQuery.extend to handle optional parameters to functions - I think
> it's like using named notation for parameters in PL/SQL - i.e. foo(bar
> => 5) would be foo({bar : 5}); in javascript. I agree that there isn't
> really a standard though, and it wasn't quite clear from my comments
> how it should work. Options is just a javascript object.
>
> As for the single vs multithreaded issues, I understand what you said,
> and I'm doing some googling to try to determine how setInterval is
> handled (particularly because it is not part of any specific
> standard).
>
> Ganeshji,
> I think that a periodic ajax updater would be a nice addition.
>
> I'm thinking that the jQuery ajax object could be extended with an
> additional parameter:
> { periodicFrequency : 10 }
>
> This would then perform an ajax call every 10 seconds. There would
> need to be a way to stop execution of the periodic call as well. Hmm,
> something else to think on.
>
> Thanks for the comments. I'll see what I can come up with.
>
> On Aug 18, 7:38 am, Pops <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Aug 18, 5:59 am, "Ganeshji Marwaha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > I am sure westamastaflash will reply to ur query, but in the meantime,
> > > since
> > > i am still awake (3 PM here), i thought i will do a good deed before i
> > > goto
> > > bed.
>
> > > try $.periodic(callback, {frequency: 5});
>
> > > You were using quotes for the options object. That was probably the cause
> > > of
> > > the problem
>
> > Yes, with alittle bit of swagging (scientific wild ass guessing) I
> > finally figured it out. This is prime example of what I may call
> > "obstrusive" about the different ways people use JSON for parameter
> > passing. No consistent. Maybe thats good but it becomes a freaking
> > guessing game. :-)
>
> > --
> > HLS
