AJAX, несмотря на название, не обязательно должен быть асинхронным.
Вот асинхронный метод ...
var req;
function ajax(method,url,payload,action)
{
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{
req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.onreadystatechange = action;
req.open(method, url, true);
req.send(payload);
}
else if (window.ActiveXObject)
{
req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
if (req)
{
req.onreadystatechange = action;
req.open(method, url, true);
req.send(payload);
}
else
{
alert("Could not create ActiveXObject(Microsoft.XMLHTTP)");
}
}
}
... но вот синхронный эквивалент ...
function sjax(method,url,payload,action)
{
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{
req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open(method, url, false);
req.send(payload);
action();
}
else if (window.ActiveXObject)
{
req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
if (req)
{
req.onreadystatechange = action;
req.open(method, url, false);
req.send(payload);
}
else
{
alert("Could not create ActiveXObject(Microsoft.XMLHTTP)");
}
}
}
... и вот типичное действие ...
function insertHtml(target)
{
var pageTarget = arguments[0];
if (req.readyState == 4) // 4 == "loaded"
{
if (req.status == 200) // 200 == "Ok"
{
if (req.responseText.indexOf("error") >= 0)
{
alert("Please report the following error...");
pretty = req.responseText.substring(req.responseText.indexOf("error"),1200);
pretty = pretty.substring(0,pretty.indexOf("\""));
alert(pretty + "\n\n" + req.responseText.substring(0,1200));
}
else
{
div = document.getElementById(pageTarget);
div.innerHTML = req.responseText;
dimOff();
}
}
else
{
alert("Could not retreive URL:\n" + req.statusText);
}
}
}