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automatically update

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 10:09 am
by gasoga
Hey

I was wondering if it is possible to automatically update a webpage when a new row is inserted to the database??

You see when i recieve emails it goes Directly in to the data base but if i want to see if a new email has been sent i have to refresh the page.
Is there anyway that when a new email is sent to the data base it will autmatically appear on the webpage ??

Thanx

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 10:45 am
by volka
nope, there is no connection between the webserver and the client after the document has been delivered.

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 11:31 am
by RedRasper
Hi,

Just one thought you could just set the page to refresh every so often though?

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="300">

The 300 is the time in seconds to refresh the page.

I know its not a brilliant solution, but it might help!

RedRasper

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 2:22 pm
by KissMyBrain
Hello,

isn't it possible to realize this with a combined php/javascript?
:wink:

I can't describe it very detailled because of my bad english and my rudimentary javascript knowledge, but whats about this:

A JavaScript can make a action in a specified interval. isnt it possible to launch a small php-page in the background which connects to the Database and checks if a change has happen?
the mainpage could be refreshed if anything is changed...
Please correct me if I misunderstood something...

Bye

KissMyBrain

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 2:30 pm
by Sevengraff
KissMyBrain wrote:Hello,

isn't it possible to realize this with a combined php/javascript?
:wink:

I can't describe it very detailled because of my bad english and my rudimentary javascript knowledge, but whats about this:

A JavaScript can make a action in a specified interval. isnt it possible to launch a small php-page in the background which connects to the Database and checks if a change has happen?
the mainpage could be refreshed if anything is changed...
Please correct me if I misunderstood something...

Bye

KissMyBrain
people would probally think that the window is a pop-up ad, and close it themselvs, or think badly of the website. The auto-refresh after 300 seconds is a good idea if your page gets updates very often.