How to get updated data after finished updating in Active Record

[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
I am developing a voting system.

1) After finished updating database, Is there any way to return updated data from database?
2) is there anyway to do it without new function?

Thanks

[eluser]noideawhattotypehere[/eluser]
ajax
no, unless you want to refresh whole page but thats a lame solution