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Re: Can a server notify a client when something has changed?

From: Niall Litchfield <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 12:12:45 +0100
Message-ID: <8sk0jg$fvu$1@soap.pipex.net>

sounds like a job for a database trigger to me.

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
"Arie Mars" <arie_at_pca-online.nl> wrote in message
news:8sguvu$dcqap$1_at_reader3.wxs.nl...

> Hello,
>
> I'm using Oracle 8i and Forms5 on Win9x-clients.
>
> On the client I have a calender view showing employees and there
> appointments. Now I like to notify a certain client when his agenda has
been
> changed by another user, i.e. a new appointment.
>
> My first solution is to use a timer on each client-machine and check the
> database at certain intervals, lets says every few seconds.
>
> It would be nicer if the server notifies the client that something has
> changed.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Arie Mars
> arie_at_pca-online.nl
>
>
>
Received on Wed Oct 18 2000 - 06:12:45 CDT

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