Abstract: A method is described for communicating changes in a main database to a database cache associated with a client application. The main database is stored on a server that is remote from and in communication with the database cache. The method includes: receiving, at an emitter associated with the main database, a set of changes in the main database, each change in the set of changes having a transaction identifier (ID) associated with an atomic transaction; queuing, at the emitter, the received set of changes until a commit associated with the atomic transaction is received; and in response to receipt of the commit, sending a transaction notification from the emitter to a publisher, the transaction notification corresponding to all changes associated with the atomic transaction and having the same transaction ID. Advantageously, transaction-level notifications are sent, rather than row-level notifications.