thnx for the reply i will check it out... Regards Joe

Hi, i can't help you with a blinking form, but what do you think of a blinking notifyIcon? You would just need a timer to change the notifyIcon each second or so. Regards

Thanks John But I am using SQL Server 2000 in which Row_Number() function is not available.

Possibly return a cursor in the stored procedure, then iterate over that cursor to insert each record. You may get more joy from a more Oracle-specific forum.