Auto Check

[rtatnell]

Hi, is there any way of having something on my web page that will check a field in a record, in my database every 2 or so seconds and return a result that I can compare with a cookie on the client's computer, I don't know what language I should use; but I currently use asp pages for my site.

Hope this makes sense
Many thanks

[Compguy Pete]

No this doesn't make sense to me yet...

What will be the outcome of once you know this data? What will you make with it then?

[rtatnell]

I was looking to compare it with a cookie, or something storing the data on the clients computer. My main aim is to check to see if there have been any updates to that part of the database, compare it with what the user's pc is showing on the page, and update / refresh the page if necessary.

I thought it might be quite useful for future reference, and I was possibly going to make a series of chat pages from it.

Hope this helps