Ajax url question

[Carmen Brianick]

Hi everyone! I'm a super newbie for ajax, but now I want to learn more about it. Basically, what I am doing is creating a jsp(for testing purposes only) that's going to get a browser's cookie, extract sessionID out of it and paste it to this url api call: �http://iSeriesIP/nexuspublic/NXRTVSESS.pgm?sessid=�. This url would return to me a xml document, something like: "Document xmlDoc = ajaxCall(thatURL);"

My question is how do I call or activate this url from my jsp using ajax or another technology? If you have any helpful tutorial links or sample code, that would be great too!

Thanks so much,
Carmen
[ March 08, 2006: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]

[Bear Bibeault]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that your question boils down to: how do I use Ajax?

If so, here's the tutorial that got me started.
[ March 08, 2006: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]

[Carmen Brianick]

Hi Bear, I'm not really sure what ajax is. Currently I think Ajax is javascript code that can mimic the functionality and speed of desktop applications. I've been told Ajax can call url's or web services? I'm not sure, but I'll check out the tutorial to better prepare myself.

Thanks again Bear!
Carmen

[Bear Bibeault]

In a nutshell, Ajax is a means to generate a request to the server and to receive its repsonse under Javascript control.

Because this means that server requests can be made without the need to submit the entire page, an application page can be written to appear more "desktop like" since it can update information "in place" without the need for a refresh.

Ajax is not a desktop environment of any kind, just a means to allow communciation with the server in a "behind the scenes" manner.
[ March 09, 2006: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]