Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 10/02/06 18:53

Lenard Redwood wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
>>You can't. HTTP is a pull only protocol. You can use javascript on the
>>client to pull the info on a regular basis (i.e. every 30 seconds). But
>>you can't push the data out.
>
>
> Exactly, actually each time user A writes a message and hits "Enter" it
> is sent right away to the server. But how can this message be thrown
> into the open connection that user B is using?
> Thanks,
>
> Lenard
>

That's what I'm saying. You can't with the http protocol. It's not
designed for that.

Use javascript to update regularly or another tool such as java which
can define its own protocol (java on the server and an applet on the
client).

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