Abstract: In a multithreaded computing environment, a platform independent method for providing a highly interactive transaction session between a browser residing on a client computer and a data base coupled to a server computer is provided. A web page that includes a plurality of input selection icons and an update icon is requested and displayed by the client computer. A user provides selection data by selecting an input using one of the selection icons which is then sent by the browser to the server computer. The server-side data base is then updated based in part upon the selection data. Once the database has been updated, the update icon only is refreshed indicating that the database has been successfully updated.