> the event being received doesn't have to fire a query refresh

either. I like

> the method where it just changes the color of a record line in a

grid or the

> background of edit boxes or some other marker. The user then

decides if a

> refresh is necessary and manually invokes it.

Good point Alan,

My work with client notification is more of a background process
where the user is blissfully unaware of the changes in lookup tables
etc, and most the time leave it unattended, but certainly in this
case it would work a treat.

The random time would then be achieved because some of the users may
be getting coffee at the time the notification, others want to know
straight away, others couldn't care less.

It would rely on the post event being able to send some record
identifier to the client so the client could then internally flag the
changed records.

Adam