RE: Broadcasting from Oracle

No direct method to notify Forms clients from the database. Coding required on both Forms and database side using either DBMS_ALERT or pipes, timers etc.
Not an elegant solution.

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From: bob.fields_at_ci.austin.tx.us [mailto:bob.fields_at_ci.austin.tx.us] Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 8:20 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Broadcasting from Oracle

Is there anyway to send a broadcast from the Database ( Oracle 8i ) to all client connections (forms v-5.0) in a client server environment ?

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