Re: Sending intermediate response for a long running cgi script

On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:56:39 +0900, Tim Bowden wrote:
> I've got a cgi script that will on occasion run for some time (exactly
> how long I'm not sure yet...) and I'd like to return a "processing
> please wait" type response to the web client if/when a certain time
> limit has passed, then have the final result sent back when the
> processing is finished.
> 
> I'm a complete neophyte when it comes to cgi & http stuff else the
> answer would proly be obvious, but what's the best approach to solving
> this?


http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/WebTechniques/col20.html


-- 
Peter Scott
http://www.perlmedic.com/
http://www.perldebugged.com/