Message Popup on databse entry

[MichaelMcCulley]

I have an application where user1 is logged into his security groups section of the site, and user2 (user1's subordinate) is logged into his.

User2 makes an entry for an appointment into a table.

When User2 submits his entry, I want a popup to show on User1's computer so that he can confirm or reschedule the appointment.

[thorpe]

cant really be done with http, doesnt work like that. if user1 made a request you could check to see if there are any messages (whatever) and envoke a popup then, but you cant just send stuff to a client.

ps: just had a bit of a thought. you could maybe get away with it using ajax. just setup a javascript timer to check for messages every few seconds, if there is a new one, envoke a popup. not sure how compitent you are with javascript, but the ajax theory is pretty simple. there is a brief tutorial here. not really what your looking for, but proves it is possible.