Problem with dynamic content in Javascript/Ajax

[satishr23]

Hi,
I am using AJAX to display dynamic RSS feeds in my web page.
So on page load i am callin the AJAX function Start_Timer() The body of Start_Timer() is as follows.

function Start_Timer()
{
getRSS(); //This is the function which gets the RSS feeds and displays it in a div tag in the page.
t=setTimeout("S tart_Timer()",6 000);
}

So according t this code every 6 seconds the function getRSS() should be called which updates the dynamic feed on the web page is it not?
But though the function is called every 6 seconds,it does not display the feed dynamically.Lik e for example if i delete the source feed,the script still displays the feed on the webpage and does not give an error.
Any idea what the problem is how do i rectify it? I would greatly appreciate any help.
Thanks
Satish

[iam_clint]

try t=window.setTim eout("Start_Tim er()",6000);

[satishr23]

Hi,
Thanks for your reply. I tried that but it didnt work.In fact even if i try doing a simple document.write( "test") in the page in the function Start_Timer() ,it just executes it once instead of in a periodic manner.
Thanks again

[iam_clint]

var t=window.setTim eout("Start_Tim er()",6000);


let me see your other function

[satishr23]

Hi,
I was testing this application some more with different browsers and I find that it works fine in opera but gives problem(ie not updating dynamic feed) in IE and firefox. I am guessing it is due to some cache problem.
But in my script function I added a line

<CODE> ajaxobject.setR equestHeader("C ache-Control","no-cache") <CODE> where ajaxobject is my XMLHttpRequest( ) object

I thought this would make sure that the web page is updated everytime without using the cache.
Any ideas?
Thanks again
regds

[acoder]

You could try something like:

url=url+"&sid="+Math.random();

to prevent caching.

[satishr23]

yup...adding a random number to the url worked...
thanks!

[acoder]

No problem. You're welcome.