page cycle and long query - tough one

[greg]

Hi

Basically I call a page that does a very long op
(like very long database query)
and display results (possible on another page)

But I need to display a progress bar
for user to see some progress (dummy but at least something)

no frames

There is an old trick in cgi/ asp
for a page that has a long operation
Response.buffering is set false and
initially div with progress bar is displayed
when page finally fully loads (when op is completed)
onload function makes div invisible

but for web forms does not work it seems
untill page_loads for controls finish nothing is displayed whatsoever

Response.bufferoutput is set to false
But that is where op is performed
or is it?

udeas???

Thanks
GSL

[S. Justin Gengo]

You might want to try using a meta refresh tag and run the query in a
different thread...

Here's a good article:

http://www.ftponline.com/vsm/2002_11...tures/chester/

With this you could even have a real progress bar.

--
S. Justin Gengo, MCP
Web Developer

Free code library at:
www.aboutfortunate.com

"Out of chaos comes order."
Nietzche
"greg" <gr***@insauctionNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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Hi

Basically I call a page that does a very long op
(like very long database query)
and display results (possible on another page)

But I need to display a progress bar
for user to see some progress (dummy but at least something)

no frames

There is an old trick in cgi/ asp
for a page that has a long operation
Response.buffering is set false and
initially div with progress bar is displayed
when page finally fully loads (when op is completed)
onload function makes div invisible

but for web forms does not work it seems
untill page_loads for controls finish nothing is displayed whatsoever

Response.bufferoutput is set to false
But that is where op is performed
or is it?

udeas???

Thanks
GSL

[Marc Hoeppner]

Hi,

I think you can do the same thing if you set Response.BufferOutput = false
and/or use Reponse.Flush().

Best regards,

Marc Hoeppner
NeoGeo
"greg" <gr***@insauctionNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
news:ec*************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

Hi

Basically I call a page that does a very long op
(like very long database query)
and display results (possible on another page)

But I need to display a progress bar
for user to see some progress (dummy but at least something)

no frames

There is an old trick in cgi/ asp
for a page that has a long operation
Response.buffering is set false and
initially div with progress bar is displayed
when page finally fully loads (when op is completed)
onload function makes div invisible

but for web forms does not work it seems
untill page_loads for controls finish nothing is displayed whatsoever

Response.bufferoutput is set to false
But that is where op is performed
or is it?

udeas???

Thanks
GSL