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I've written a small web db app, designed to sit within another page (in an iframe).

It is designed to be called with a parameter (or two).


iframe html calls Default.aspx?Parameter=4

The default page does nothing except check for the existance of the parameter and store it a session state variable before calling Page1.aspx.

Page1.aspx opens a connection to the db and pulls back a few hundred rows of data before figuring out what to display.


The problem / question:
The call to the db takes a few seconds (particularly the first time it's called).

Can I display a "please wait" message while this call is executed?
Is there a way to get Default.aspx to display before Page1.aspx starts the call?
I'd rather avoid multiple threads if at all possible.


Many thanks for any advice.

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Well, I've managed to get something to work.
I'm sure there are reasons why I shouldn't do it this way, but....

I've taken the response.redirect("page1") out of the default.aspx page

Instead I've got a meta redirect in the html head
[meta http-equiv="REFRESH" content="0;url=page1.aspx" /]

This seems to have the desired effect;
1. The default page is loaded and displayed. It immediately attempts the redirect.
2. As soon as page1 is ready, the redirect takes place.

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Another way is an AJAX.

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