Re: Invoke PHP script from onLoad handler?

On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 06:04:41PM -0600, Chuck Mayo wrote : > Now I'm completely off-topic, but does anyone have any ideas regarding > database access with Javascript, perhaps by having JS run a shell or > perl script? How would JS get the values back? Something like > > function getdb () { > var mylist = execute.some.remote.program(./getmysqldata.pl); > } Unless you are running a *signed* JavaScript code you can't just call an external program (security, anyone ?). If its just for a intranet, just let your JS code get signed to gain higher client side access privileges and you are done; else bummer (at least, this way). What you could do with normal client side JS is just reload the opener window. As far I unterstood, you have a main window with some kind of listbox depending on database output. Under some circumstances, a window pops up where the use can alter some data. Just when you have the feeling, the user has entered/altered enough data to update the listbox in the window which spawned the popup, force to reload the page with syntax like opener.location.href='same_url_again'; and your php script is called again, the db-data is fetched again and you listbox is altered (hopefully). m. -- Markus Fischer, http://josefine.ben.tuwien.ac.at/~mfischer/ EMail: mfischer@josefine.ben.tuwien.ac.at PGP Public Key: http://josefine.ben.tuwien.ac.at/~mfischer/C2272BD0.asc PGP Fingerprint: D3B0 DD4F E12B F911 3CE1 C2B5 D674 B445 C227 2BD0