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https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/web2py/4G8TBqqy33c/QqMMS31DSFMJ
On Thursday, January 2, 2014 11:49:14 AM UTC-8, EW wrote:
> Thanks, but I don't understand..how would I know when the insert
> (scheduler task) has completed?
>
>
>
> On Thursday, January 2, 2014 11:14:00 AM UTC-8, Anthony wrote:
>
>> You can set a component to reload indefinitely and then stop the
>> reloading by doing:
>>
>> jQuery('#mydiv').addClass('w2p_component_stop');
>>
>> However, in this case, rather than continually reloading the entire grid
>> while waiting for the database insert, it might be better to simply poll
>> the server every x seconds, and only when the insert has finally occurred,
>> then do a single reload of the grid.
>>
>> Anthony
>>
>> On Friday, December 20, 2013 1:24:00 PM UTC-5, EW wrote:
>>>
>>> I have a load component with a grid in it and a user-triggered action
>>> that could insert/update the database table that my grid's based on.
>>> Depending on many factors, the database insert could take a long time, say
>>> 45s+. I would like to update the view to show the updating grid while the
>>> inserts are going on rather than having a stagnant page that looks like
>>> it's not doing anything for 45s+.
>>>
>>> So I created a scheduler and am doing the db inserts in a scheduler
>>> task. But I'm not sure what the best way is to update the view. I know
>>> that I could use the 'times' and 'timeout' parameters in the LOAD. Or I
>>> could poll in javascript using setInterval to call web2py_component. But
>>> is it burdensome to always have my page updating this, say every second?
>>> The scheduler task for my db inserts only happen when the user clicks
>>> something; at all other times it is unnecessary to reload the grid. Is
>>> there a way to make the view constantly update on the user's click but once
>>> the scheduler task has completed (i.e. finished inserting into the
>>> database) to stop the view from updating?
>>>
>>
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