Re: reverse update statement

epipko_at_gmail.com wrote:
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> Please reply as it is urgent,
> Eugene

This is probably not the best place to get 'urgent' replies. Newsgroups are not real-time bulliten boards, and no one with a life or job is just sitting around monitoring for new messages to arrive. You post your message to your local news server. Some time later it will get replicated to some other news servers, and some time later those servers will replicate to still others, and so on and so on. Eventually, someone will decide to see what new messages are on THEIR local news server. That person may very well be on the other side of the globe, 12 time zones away from you and fast asleep when you first posted your msg. Their reply goes to their local server. Some time later it will get replicated to some other news servers, and some time later those servers will replicate to still others, and so on and so on. Eventually, it will find its way back to YOUR local news server ....

Bottom line, I never expect to get a reply in less than 24 hours. It's just the nature of net. Received on Tue Oct 18 2005 - 10:19:18 CDT