Greg,

g> I'm looking for a way to mark a record as being updated. For
g> example, I read a record with a timestamp or other mark, then when I
g> update it (after the user enters some changes etc.), I find that the
g> mark has changed somehow (another user updating the record
g> underneath me).

why not use a generator?

Ciao
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Nando Dessena
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