I'm not really a fan of synchronous ajax requests, however I think the approach that you've taken is fine. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4103539#4103539 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4103539