>Hmm, i guess we are entering a twilight zone here.
>Your procedure is good when there is little chance of 2 users trying to edit the same record at the same time. When this happens often the following situation can take place:
>The user1 starts editing.
>10 mins passes while user1 drinks coffee and edits a record letter by letter.
>User2 checks the record and sees that more than 10 mins passed and grabs the record.
>User1 tries to save the fruit of his/her labour, looks bluntly at the "Another user just grabbed your record" message and spills the coffee all over the desk in rage.
>
>I would add a timer to the form warning the user1:
>"You have 3 mins to complete the form"

...but, of course