to flicker or not to flicker

degenaro

My code is called on a timer (30 seconds) to update a monitor page stared at by users, and looks like this:

[code]
function load_data()
{
oTable.fnClearTable();
oTable.fnReloadAjax();
}
[/code]

Each 30 seconds, the table flickers. The flicker seems to disappear if I remove the fnClearTable() call. What's the downside to removing?

Thanks.

Lou.

allan

Don't call fnClearTable first - fnReloadAjax will do it for you once its got the data form the server. Otherwise you have the period while the new data is being loaded with an empty table - which results in the flicker.

*Edit* - Didn't read the last line :-). So there is no downside. Have a look at the fnReloadAjax code - it calls fnClearTable.

Allan