why not run the long process as a daemon...err. system service for windows. thus avoiding the logged-on process dependency.

it seems that i got a gray with no description for my last suggestion...i have no idea how to interpret that feedback.

- so i'll provide another option.

if we're talking about ms-sql then the query could be built into a dts package and scheduled - so that client interaction (workstation in question) is not even needed. the same can be done with pl/sql and cron (there might even be an oracle internal mechanism...i'll never claim to be an oracle guru).

and while we're at it...

you could deploy your own gina implementation such that multiple terminals are supported locally. this is more of a development solution rather than an administrative one - but hey whatever works.