In a multi-user application you can signal database events to multiple users by using the dbms_alert package. Let's assume you want to signal a user when a record is inserted into the dept table. In that case you can create a before insert trigger like this:
[quote]
create or replace trigger dept_ins_trigger
after insert on dept
begin
dbms_alert.signal('dept_insert', dbms_session.unique_session_id);
end dept_ins_trigger;[/quote]
In this case you are merely signaling that one or more dept records have been inserted. In your application you can easily use a TOracleEvent to take some action when this happens. You can show a message, refresh the dataset, or whatever you consider appropriate. You may additionally need to make sure that the event isn
