Depending on what you're trying to do, it might also be useful to run the
back-end operation in a hidden frame. You can let a process run that way
and use JavaScript to notify the user when it has completed.
----- Original Message -----
From: William Brogden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, December 25, 2000 11:47 PM
Subject: Re: Running a thread from a JSP
>
>
> "David M. Holmes" wrote:
> >
> > Is there a way to spawn a thread from a JSP that will live after the
page goes out of scope?
>
> There is nothing magic about a JSP servlet - you can certainly
> create objects and start Threads that will continue after
> the response has been sent.
>
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