> They can't work any other way, actually, since the
> data that reflects the event isn't available to other transactions until
> the posting transaction completes.

Hmmm... You're right here, I did not think about the data availability when
suggesting UDF. So, if event is posted by the UDF and access to the cache
happens before the transaction that changed the data commits, it will not
see changes and will clear the "dirty" flag on an entity. Bad.

Roman