ASP chat

[Daven81]

hi guys
i wanna ask about asp chat...i'm gonna include 1 in my website but some guys told me that asp chat application is too slow and will become not-real time when more people joined. they suggest me to use jsp or java. is it the truth?
please help..

 

[GaryC123]

The only way ASP chat can work is for the users browser window to be continually refreshing, which is grand for a coupla people, when you have lots of people then it becomes a big strain on the server, which isnt a wise thing to be happening.
Check

http://www.hotscripts.com

for various options.

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[simonchristieis]

I came across this problem too.

I didn't want to use a java chat routine (though they aren't difficult to set up), but wanted to use an asp chat, however as gary suggests you would need to refresh the page often.

My solution was to only upload new lines of chat from the client to the server. I then updated the client by storing all the chat data in an xml file and reloaded the xml file using javascript and xsl.

Just an idea.