[Javascript] Ajax question

[Paul Novitski]

At 12/30/2006 09:24 AM, tedd wrote:
>I realize that ajax is used to circumvent full page refreshes, but 
>what if you want to refresh the page AND use ajax at the same time?
...
>However, if I try to send AND refresh at the same time (i.e., 
>below), I cant. The following doesn't work:
>
>    <a onclick="javascript:sndReq('rock');"  href="" >Rock </a>
>
>nor
>
>    <a onclick="javascript:sndReq('rock'); location.href='';" >Rock </a>
>
>nor
>
>    <a onclick="javascript:sndReq('rock'); location.href='';" >Rock </a>
>
>nor
>
>    <a href="javascript:sndReq('rock');location.href='';" >Rock </a>
>
>-- none work.


Oh, I think the problem is that the href is blank, which some (all?) 
browsers won't act upon.  Try:

         location.href='?';

This will load the current page (whatever its url) with an empty querystring.

Paul