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Mitch Shields (mshields@intellops.com)
Wed, 7 Apr 1999 13:55:54 -0500 

Message-ID: <008c01be8128$4499aef0$0101010a@200mmx>
From: "Mitch Shields" <mshields@intellops.com>
Subject: Thinking out loud re: w3-msql
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 13:55:54 -0500

In my limited exposure to w3-msql, I believe I have noticed that it parses
the entire script file before sending the browser/client the result. I was
wondering if it would be possible to have an option of making w3-msql send
the client each line of code as it is parsed. What I assume is that the
browser/client will display info as soon as it is received, so if the top
1/2 of your document was static and the bottom 1/2 of your document was
based on a query, the browser would display the top 1/2 while the db was
churning on the query.

Ideally, I would like to do use Javascript to update the status bar at the
bottom of the browser window during a query. Right now, the limiting factor
seems to be that the entire HTML page is generated through w3-msql,
including a completed query, and then sent to the client.

Could this be done or I am missing something completely?

Mitch Shields
mshields@intellops.com