----- Original Message ----- From: "Vitaliy" Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:17 AM > http://www.findchips.com/ > > Our web developer told me that the page gets created, and sent back to the > browser all at once. According to him, they are "faking it" -- making it > *look* like the results are returned in real-time. > > It seems to me that it should be possible for the server to: > > 1. Get results from Digikey. > 2. Serve that portion of the page. > 3. Get results from Mouser. > 4. Serve that portion of the page. > > Can the web experts on this list either confirm, or deny this possibility? > If it can be done, what are some of the possible ways of accomplishing it? > This is not just a hypothetical question, we're working on a similar > project. > It doesn't look like they are doing everything at the server and then posting it back, mainly because there is a certain lag between one supplier block and another. You can use callbacks on the client to receive partial page updates without having to postback the whole page, and I think that's how they're doing it. So, in summary, yes, it is possible to do it. And as I hinted, one way of doing it is by using callbacks (AJAX). Cheers Padu -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist