my ajax progress indicator- fails to respond back on each record

[anoopmail]

i am developing an ajax progress indicator to show the progress of records processed at the server to the user.

for ($i=0; $i<5000; $i++)
{
process_record();
echo $i ; ;
}

but when i check the state of the httpobject == 4 (completed), the output seems like 123456789101112...

ie, the response is obtained only after processing all records.

please help..

[Kudose]

post some relevant code

[anoopmail]

sorry,
i didn't yet start coding. can u give me an outline how to do the server side part. it would be very helpful for me.., thanks in advance