I can't be certain if this would work since you didn't give a context, but you can use a messaging service for time independance. Have a look through JMS (messaging service for J2EE) or WebsphereMQ for a c/cobol middleware.
b/w M On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Jonathan Roberts wrote: >Hi. > >Is it possible for the soap service to be asynchronous. > >Regards > >Jonathan > > >--------------------------------- >BT Yahoo! Broadband - Free modem offer, sign up online today and save £80
