Oracle FAQ | Your Portal to the Oracle Knowledge Grid |
Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> Re: like 'wall' unix comman in forms
Nothing is built in, but you can implement something similar using alerts (via dbms_alert). As each form starts, they register interest in a common alert and have a timer that fires every (say) 5 minutes to check the alert.
To send a broadcast, you signal that alert and everyone will pick it up.
Cheers
Connor
"Some days you're the pigeon, some days you're the statue"
-- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: =?iso-8859-1?q?Connor=20McDonald?= INET: hamcdc_at_yahoo.co.uk Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).Received on Wed Dec 12 2001 - 04:20:44 CST