dynamic update to all users

[msmohan]

Hi All,

I am developing a website that is having some requirement like instant update to all users.

Example:
If my site have 5 viewers rit now, and I am showing the like count when a person click on like button increase count to all other users. if the like count is 10 then someone click the like button I increased the count using ajax to the database to show this update to everybody I called a ajax call for every 5 seconds and checking that is there any likes or not. Am I doing rit? or Is there any other better way to trigger the database affect to all users?

Thanks

[seandisanti]

You could do it that way, yes. Although personally i'd say if they REALLY need to know the number of likes that often, let them hit F5. Why send so many unnecessary requests through your server instead of just letting the ones that want updates that often refresh it manually?

[msmohan]

Thanks for your reply,

Actually showing like and increasing will give more profit for my client so I guess I need to request it dynamically. and thanks again.