[shermski]

is there anyway to run an asp script at the server without a request being sent for it to execute?

im trying to create a component for an asp application that would basically connect to a DB (access) to check to due dates for events. If the due date is the day after the current day the script would use the mailer object to send an email the person in charge of that event, without the need for them to be logged in or constantly requesting scripts from the site.

andy ideas anyone?ive done some rigorous searches in this area and am drawing blanks..didnt know if asp would be capable of this kind of thing.

any help would be great

no asp on its own is not capable. i would say ask your host if they can schedule it as a process to run every night at like 1 am or something like that. or create a vb program on your computer to do that and schedule it to run automaticaly.

on a side note. I am not aware of any programing language that can do that with out the help of a third component (php - cron jobs --- i think)

[rrhodes]

Yes, this is much easier when you own your web server, you just setup your exe to run via the Windows Scheduler and it works very well. (must have direct access to the server).

Some web hosting companies will allow you to schedule a call to a web page, then in that web page you can do ASP/ASP.NET script. Look for a web host that caters to programmers.

[shermski]

yeah i did think as much..just wanted to check if i was missing something that might be do'able using asp easily.

thanks for the help people

[rpsajwan]

one more option is the use of global.asp. U may play with global.asa. but it require at least one hit on a day to run your daily schiduler script.