> var staff = ["bill","mary"];
> var total = [];
> var count = 0;
> get_total_list(staff, function(err, callback) {
>   count = staff.length;
>   for (var i=0; i<staff.length; i++) {
>     get_staff_children(staff[i], function(err, cb) {
>       total.push(cb);
>       count++;
>       if(count === staff.length) {
>         callback(err, total);
>       }
>     });
>   }
> });


But seriously, use https://github.com/caolan/async


On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 7:15 PM, john.tiger <[email protected]>wrote:

>  On 07/16/2012 07:41 PM, Martin Wawrusch wrote:
>
> This should help:
>
>  https://github.com/caolan/async
>
>
> honestly, we are having enough trouble with additional libraries - we just
> want a simple solution with node code
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 5:55 PM, john.tiger <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> stuck in async hell - page displaying (with null) before going thru full
>> loop and returning total with data - probably some simple funct wrap but
>> can't see it - thks for any help
>>
>> var staff = ["bill","mary"];
>> var total = [];
>> get_total_list(staff, function(err, callback) {
>>   for (var i=0; i<staff.length; i++) {
>>     get_staff_children(staff[i], function(err, cb) {
>>       total.push(cb);
>>     });
>>   }
>>   callback(err, total || {});
>> });
>>
>> total => []
>>
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