blank table after asynchronous request

In file examples\grid data - xml\basic.htm after the line

table.setURL("basic1.xml");

I added the following line, expecting the results didn't change

table.setAsync(false);

but the table remains blank, except for headings.

The same things happens if the URL is set to a jsp serving xml data and not a static file.

What else should be changed in order to have a synchronous request working?

Just figuring out how AW works....

Thanks

Sorry: the title should have been "blank table after SYNCHRONOUS request"

Thanks for posting the address that's already linked in the documentation section of this site. This is veeery helpful. :-p

Gianni,

This is the correct code -

table.setAsync(false);

Did it work ok without this line?

Hi Alex,

yes, the example basic.htm works ok in async mode but when I add the line (async = false), no data is shown.

Why? From an end user point of view, shouldn't I obtain the same final result?

Did anyone else try to do the same thing I did?

Thanks

Ok, the problem in this example is that table.request() method is called before creating the grid (assuming the async data request will return data after some delay). To fix it move table.request() just after obj.setCellModel(table) line -

...
obj.setCellModel(table);
table.request();
document.write(obj);

Alex, thank you very much for the hint. It's ok now, but I don't understand the rationale behind this behaviour.

The grid is updated when data response arrives, so if the data source is not yet attached to the grid, the grid will not be updated.