>> When they finally save the information the first thing the program does is retrieve the time stamp once again, the program then compares it to the stamp when they first retrieved the record. If the times exactly match the save finishes without issue, and updates the record stamp with the new date/time. If the times are different the app tells them that someone else made changes to the record, and tells them that if they continue they will overwrite the other users changes, or they can revert back and start again thus requerying the data if they wish. <<

The real problem with that is if users edit different fields, then I don't want a conflict to occur. A variation that is not record-oriented in its conflict detection may be in order, however.

Thanks for the idea.

Del