Something like this:
http://blogs.crsw.com/mark/articles/642.aspx
is going to be your only option.
Karl
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"thomson" <> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
> i do have an application that searches the databse, For eg, i
> do,
>
> SqlHelper.ExecuteReader("","") this is the point where i call the
> stored procedure to fetch the data from the database, sometimes it
> takes me a lot of time to gimme the result, i need to show the user
> something is happening while it fetches the data from the database, How
> do i do it,
>
>
> Thanks in Advance
>
> thomson
>