Thanks. I guess I knew about the DML but never tried to figure it out. It
seems to be just what I was looking for. Global DML is a little complicated
to understand, but I'll get it.

Paul

""Helen Borrie (TeamIBO)"" <helebor@...> wrote in message
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> At 02:32 PM 25-05-02 +0000, you wrote:
> >I don't know if there is an easy way to deal with this or not.
> >
> >Most applications will have multiple transactions, and certainly
> >different apps don't share the same transactions. A transaction
> >only "sees" information that has been updated or added that is
> >attached to it's own transaction. When something is changed in
> >another app or transaction, what is the best way of updating that
> >info to other apps or transactions?
>
> Other transactions will get the committed changes if their isolation is
> tiReadCommitted. The buffers won't receive them until you refresh the
> dataset...
>
>
> >I use a transaction refresh to update, but it seems illogical to have
> >to have a user continually press a refresh button. I have also played
> >around with IB_Event to notify the app of changes to key records.
> >
> >How does everyone else deal with this? Is there some generic
> >procedures that can be used?
>
> Most certainly - use DMLCaching to have some or all of you datasets
> notified when changes occur elsewhere. See the TI sheet on the TechInfo
> page and the DML... properties and events of TIB_Dataset in the component

help.

>
>
> regards,
> Helen Borrie (TeamIBO Support)
>
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