[CentOS] OT - pushing database updates to web browser

Wed Feb 7 14:58:04 UTC 2018
Leon Fauster <leonfauster at googlemail.com>

> Am 07.02.2018 um 14:53 schrieb Gary Stainburn <gary at ringways.co.uk>:
> 
> This is O/T apart from the fact that the server is Centos running Apache / 
> Postgresql.
> 
> I want to develop a real time (ish) dashboard type web page showring extracts 
> of the contents of a table.  I would like any changes that occur to be pushed 
> to the web clients rather than have the clients poll the database.
> 
> Based on the fact that I have not managed to come up with a successful Google 
> search phrase I think this may not be possible, but just in case I thought 
> I'd ask here.
> 
> If it's not possible, can anyone suggest the most efficient / responsive 
> polling techniques?

A combination of javascript (client-side) and XMLHttpRequest (interaction) ...

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LF