Ordering of asynchronous javascript events

Question

I have the following code:

$(\"#submit_financials\").live(\'click\', function(event){
    event.preventDefault();

    // using serialize here to pass the POST v         


        

Answer 1

Async, you can never know which function runs\ finish first...

Think on async operations like telling a group of people to run 1 mile, do you know who will finish first? (Yes, Jon skeet, then Chuck Norris...)

You can use the a callack to run the second ajax:

$.post("/ajax/custom_filter/", serialized_data, function(response) {
    // create a graph
    ...
    ...

    $.post("/ajax/force_download/", serialized_data, function(response) {
        alert('hello');
    });
});​