Keeping Connect Alive

[ThomMCann]

I have a problem with keeping a page alive while the server is writing large xml files to Oracle. The server time out is set to 15 minutes. I need a programmatic way to keep the jsp connection going for files that take longer. The web page displays errors and warnings that are found in the data validation process. The xml files are written to the server prior to inserting into Oracle. Sending an email back to the users with an error report is not an option. The server is behind a firewall that does not allow pinging.
Thanks,
Thom

[iam_clint]

in asp this would be response.flush. .. not sure what the jsp equivilent is