JQuery: using one Ajax call, get progressive statuses instead of one answer?

Question

I'm just wondering ... is it possible to get multiple responses from a single ajax call? I think solely for aesthetic purposes, to update the status on the client side.

I have one ajax method calling submit form

$.ajax({
  url: 'ajax-process.php',
  data: data,
  dataType: 'json',
  type: 'post',
  success: function (j) {
  }
});

I can only get one response from the server side. Is it possible to get intermittent statuses? For instance:

Default (first): create an account Next: Email confirmation Next: Done

Thank you for your help!:)

Answer 1

From a single ajax call, I don't think it is possible.

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In the tests that I did. I made the initial ajax call, and when the value was returned, I made another ajax call so that your back end of the script will not time out. I only talked to this on my local server, so I'm not sure how this is the real world, but it works.