Submitting large form takes several seconds

[veronicab]

Hi all,

I have a page with a very large form. When user clicks on the button to submit the form, page "freezes" for several seconds, and then finally you notice it was not frozen but just submitting the lots of info, since it loads the form-action page.

I can't change the form design. User wants the page organized in tabs, and the whole form submitted when user presses Save button. So the form size seems like something I cannot change.

Any suggestions on how I could speed up process? No files are being uploaded. Just lots of select and input and some textarea.

I also tried to show a notice in screen when user clicked the Save button. Using the onClick event of the button, I changed the button background color and the button value from "save" to "saving..". So user can see something is going on. But this did not work as expected. The color and value change took place after the long time waiting, right before the page moved on to the form-action page.

Thanks for any help about this!

[veronicab]

Anyone? I still have not found a solution to this issue, I would really appreciate any help about it.

Thanks!

[b1randon]

Anyone? I still have not found a solution to this issue, I would really appreciate any help about it.

Thanks!

I would suggest using ajax to save the data a little at a time (perhaps when the user changes tabs) that way you don't have to send all of the data at once.

[b1randon]

I would suggest using ajax to save the data a little at a time (perhaps when the user changes tabs) that way you don't have to send all of the data at once.

Also, you ought not to reply asking for help again. You're shooting yourself in the foot because then it looks like someone has replied and fixed your problem.