> so what I'm looking for is a way to wait or halt the second request > until the first one is finished...
Lots of ways to do that. You could maintain a queue, etc. Prototype maintains a count of active Ajax requests in Ajax.activeRequestCount [1], you could query that before launching the second request. [1] http://www.prototypejs.org/api/ajax/responders But what I'm not getting is the merging: Ajax.Updater *updates*, it doesn't merge, unless you specify an insertion. -- T.J. Crowder tj / crowder software / com On Dec 1, 2:01 pm, Stucture_Ulf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the problem here is that if i run a second updater, targeted on the > same div as the first one and before the first one is complete...the > result of the second gets on top of the first request. i do not want > to merge the data, only display the latest updater. > > so what I'm looking for is a way to wait or halt the second request > until the first one is finished or kill the first one when the second > gets activated. > > On Nov 30, 11:33 pm, "T.J. Crowder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > Not immediately seeing a problem, can you create a complete page that > > demonstrates what you're seeing? > > -- > > T.J. Crowder > > tj / crowder softare / com > > > On Nov 30, 8:07 pm, Stucture_Ulf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > thanks for your answer. here is a short code snippet i'm using. i do > > > not want to place the second call on top or under the first content, i > > > just want to make sure the second request stop the first one so that > > > only the content from the second updater get's displayed. > > > > function update(id,url) { > > > if($(id)) { > > > new Ajax.Updater(id,url,{ > > > asynchronous:true, > > > evalScripts:true, > > > onFailure: function(obj) {$(id).update > > > ('<center><strong>error...<strong></center>'); } > > > }); > > > } > > > > } > > > > On Nov 30, 10:47 am, "T.J. Crowder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > I assume you're not using the "insertion" option on your Ajax.Updater > > > > calls[1]? If so, there's your answer. If not, can you put together a > > > > small, self-contained example that demonstrates the prblem? > > > > > [1]http://www.prototypejs.org/api/ajax/updater > > > > > HTH, > > > > -- > > > > T.J. Crowder > > > > tj / crowder software / com > > > > > On Nov 27, 11:10 am, Stucture_Ulf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > hi all! > > > > > > i have a problem with Ajax.updater. > > > > > > When i run the Ajax.updater in one div and then if a user clicks on > > > > > link and activates another Ajax.updater in the same div before the > > > > > first one is finished the data get merged in the same div. The top is > > > > > showing the new content, underneath is showing the data that was not > > > > > yet loaded from the first call. > > > > > > how can I fix this? can i stop/kill the first updater before running > > > > > the second one? or should i wait until the first is finished before > > > > > triggering the next one...and how do I do that? > > > > > > grateful for help and advice > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
