holding a page open and then redisplaying

Hi, folks -- I would like to start my db query (in response to a form input) and put up a friendly "I'm working on it" page (or image or text block) and then, when the query is done and I'm ready to display the results, clear that page and show the real stuff. I *think* I've seen this done before, but even if I have I haven't the slightest idea of how. It's probably more a browser and HTML question but this seems a likely place to learn about tricks like that or at least get some pointers :-) TIA & HAND & Happy Holidays :-D -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) davidtg@justpickone.org * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) davidtgwork@justpickone.org -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!