T.J.
That fixed the issue. It is now properly showing the loading message
and then displaying the retrieved data.
Thanks!
Brian
On Dec 8, 3:43 am, "T.J. Crowder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> So, both the loading message and the tab content are retrieved via
> Ajax.Updater from the server? When you fire off multiple XHR
> requests, you have no guarantee of the order in which they'll
> complete. Even if the server normally responds to one of them
> instantaneously and the other only after a couple of seconds, network
> delays or other requests in progress can cause the quick one to
> complete _after_ the slow one. That wouldn't cause the behavior you
> describe (showing loading, showing the data, then showing loading
> again), but would cause the behavior of showing the data, then showing
> the loading message.
>
> (Separately: Ajax.Updater doesn't have the "frequency" option used in
> your second call.)
>
> I would suggest having the loading message handy rather than
> retrieving it from the server every time, and updating directly:
>
> function loadTab(div, tab) {
> // Show loading message
> $(div).update(loading_msg);
>
> // Request the tab
> new Ajax.Updater(div, tab, { method: 'get' });
>
> }
>
> FWIW,
> --
> T.J. Crowder
> tj / crowder software / com
>
> On Dec 8, 4:18 am, theQco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
>
> > This is my first real project working with Prototype and I am sure
> > that I am doing something silly but any help/advice/feedback would be
> > greatly appreciated.
>
> > Here is what I am trying to accomplish. When a user clicks on a link
> > on my website, I would like it to display a notification message
> > saying that it is loading the data while it retrieves it from the
> > database and then displays it. Pretty standard. The code that I have
> > implemented it with works about 95% of the time.
>
> > The rest of the time, it displays the loading message, then displays
> > the data from the database and then immediately shows the loading
> > message again and that stays up forever. This is all with one click.
>
> > My code is as follows:
>
> > function loadTab (div, tab) {
> > new Ajax.Updater( div, '<?= base_url() ?>updater/loading_data',
> > { method: 'get' } );
>
> > new Ajax.Updater( div, tab, { method: 'get', frequency: 1 } );
>
> > }
>
> > Again any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
>
> > Brian
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