As you have found, AJAX is asynchronous. It can be made synchronous,
but you don't want to do that as it locks up the _entire_ browser.
The most common way to deal with this is to put up a "Loading" notice
(sometimes using something like a modal overlay) while the data loads.
Karl Rudd
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Bleys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have to execute an AJAX request in a function and only exit this
> function when the request have been terminated.
> This is an example :
> function myFunction()
> {
> var result;
> try
> {
> $.ajax({
> type: 'POST',
> url: 'myPage.php',
> ...
> success: function(data){
> // do something with result
> },
> error: function(){
> // do something else with result
> }
> });
> }
> catch(e)
> {
> alert(e);
> result = false;
> }
> return result;
> }
>
>
> As I think you can understand, I want to "return result" be executed
> only when my success (or error) process have been terminated ...
>
> I tried to use async option but the result is the same, this is not
> waiting for the end of the AJAX function.
> I've find a solution but not very nice (an infinite "while" waiting
> for a variable toggle to true) ... I hope better ...
>
>
> Can I have some help please ?
>
