Hello Group... I'm both new to web2py and web programming... but I have been learning web2py for a couple months now.
The scenario I'm trying to implement server-side is as follows... A user "A" clicks a link and the corresponding function 1) initiates a database poll that may take a few seconds or so to complete; 2) simultaneously presents user "A" with a link-free page asking them to wait; 3) when the database poll has completed - checking to see that a value has been posted by user "B" - user "A" is redirected from the wait page to another URL. I'm stuck with this. I've tried coding this different ways, but what typically happens is that the wait page does not display until after the polling operation has completed and the user is not redirected to the new URL. I have read over the intro and core sections of the book regarding processing flow, but I'm still not sure how to solve this issue. In need of some some direction :) Cheers.
