wanting to have a textfield refresh every 30seconds with whats in a mysql database.

[JasonC]

I have started to create a chat page between an admin and a user.

the bit i am stuck with is getting the textarea to update with whats in the database if it has been updated.

at present i am using meta-refresh but this is not practicle as the user or admin could be typing when the refresh happens and the text they started to type would go!

how do i get the page to check for updates?

[zorgi]

Hm. Interesting. I never attempted to code something like that but I guess If I had to do it I would try ajax instead of meta-refresh.

[JasonC]

i have been told this too, but have no idea where to start.

any ideas ?

[zorgi]

You can find loads of tutorials on AJAX