middle of a script

[asmith]

hey guys

assume a script takes 30 sec to run completely.  a user will click the button , and the script would run.

now at the 15th sec of the script  , if the user click again on the button (if available) ,  what happens to the previous script ?

 

for example this script ( assume it takes 30 sec , each sql command takes 1 second)

insert into table1(name) value ('name1')
insert into table1(name) value ('name2')
insert into table1(name) value ('name3')
.
.
.

what happens if the user click at the middle of the running script ?

 

 

[rhodesa]

Depends on your ignore_user_abort setting in php.ini

 

Visit http://us2.php.net/ignore_user_abort for more information

[asmith]

what ?

what ignore_user_abort has to do with my question ?

[rhodesa]

I assumed you were talking about a PHP script that does 30 seconds of processing. And, while the page is loading (processing) in a browser, they push the refresh 'button'. This basically means they are issuing an abort, then asking for the page again.

 

What am I missing here?

[asmith]

maybe an "abort" for the user, but the script wont be aborted by pressing refresh button. however the 'button' can be a submit button on page , and an impatience user there can not wait for 30 secs, and click on it again and again .

[rhodesa]

If you are referring to a normal form (not one submitted with ajax), the form should submit only once. Clicking the Submit button over and over shouldn't post multiple pages. (As far as I know)

[Stooney]

How about just disabling the submit button on submit?

[Stooney]

<input type="submit" value="Submit" onclick="this.disabled=true;">

[asmith]

<input type="submit" value="Submit" onclick="this.disabled=true;">

 

that works and i have it on my page , but it is JAVA and can be disabled  , i want to deal with impatience users that got no JAVA .

 

i still don't know what happens if the user click on the submit button in the middle of the previous script running ??? ?