Hi, I just went to Bookshare and found 10 hits on "Ajax." To me, Bookshare is a very good reference for all kinds of technical and other books. to me, it is a very good investment. for what it is worth, Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: Tyler Littlefield<mailto:tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 1:21 PM Subject: Re: web-dev questions with mysql, php, and others hello; I'll check nvd, thanks. I'm a bit to cheap for bookshare, though I might find other reading materials somewhere. Thanks, Tyler Littlefield Web: tysdomain.com email: tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> My programs don't have bugs, they're called randomly added features. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Homme, James" <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 12:18 PM Subject: RE: web-dev questions with mysql, php, and others > Hi, > I'm not sure if this will help you, but Bookshare has something like ten > books on AJAX. Just search for them using that word in the search box. I > also think that http://www.nonvisualdevelopment<http://www.nonvisualdevelopment/> has some stuff on AJAX in > the PHP documentation you can get. > > Thanks. > > Jim > > ---------- > Jim Homme, Usability Engineering. > 412-544-1810. > "A vision without a task is but a dream. A task without a vision is > drudgery. A task > and a vision together is the hope of the world." -- A church in Sussex, > England, dating from 1720. > > Note: I will reply to email and voice mail within four hours. > > -----Original Message----- > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sina Bahram > Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 2:07 PM > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: RE: web-dev questions with mysql, php, and others > > Someone else already answer #2. > > Tyler, for #1, lookup and learn, and then implement ajax. There are > several > PHP ajax frameworks, and it will facilitate exactly what you want. > > It's easy to do ... It'll take you like a day, maybe two. > > Take care, > Sina > > > ________________________________ > > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tyler > Littlefield > Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 11:51 AM > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: web-dev questions with mysql, php, and others > > > Hello list, > I'm writing a little tiney bbs system, just for something to give a few > people for an example on php. > Basically what I want is to refresh somehow with the website so that the > newest posts will come up, without refreshing the whole page and making > jaws > go crazy. > How can this be achieved? > Second, I have a list in a table with poster's id, and their post with a > pid > (post id) that is auto_increment. The oldest message will be the lower id, > so I need a way to sort it out with the highest id being the top, so from > highest to lowest. > Is there a way to do this when I request it from mysql? or do I just have > to > reverse the selection when I use php. > I'm not sure how big this will get, but I'd also like to limit it say to > max > id-20. so it'd show from 100 to 120, if 120 was the max id, etc, rather > than > sending back all messages in a query when it gets to the point where there > are hundreds in the system. > > > Thanks, > Tyler Littlefield > Web: tysdomain.com > email: tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > My programs don't have bugs, they're called randomly added features. > > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind<//www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind> > > > This e-mail and any attachments to it are confidential and are intended > solely for use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If > you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender > immediately and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, > you must not keep, use, disclose, copy or distribute this e-mail without > the author's prior permission. The views expressed in this e-mail message > do not necessarily represent the views of Highmark Inc., its subsidiaries, > or affiliates. > V'ˊwfjxʋxjض ˢ+)nX __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind<//www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind>