jquery $.ajax function call is slow first time

Question

I am using $.ajax to update some values in the database. when the page makes the ajax call for the first time, it is slow. it is taking like 5 or 6 seconds to return the result. after the first request, it is fast. I am not sure if there is a way to make the first call also fast. if you have any ideas, please let me know.

Thanks, sridhar

Answer 1

My suspicion would be that the database is doing some caching and subsequent requests are filled from the cache. If this were only happening on the first request of the data, regardless of the data involved, then I would suspect that the web service that you're connecting to needs to be loaded into memory on the first operation.

Answer 2

What type of service is the method calling? It's probably the service it is calling that is slow, not jQuery.