Scheduled Task Question

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  1. mwtsoftware

    mwtsoftware

    I have a scheduled task that runs every hour. It processes XML files uploaded from our clients. Every so often one of these files is exceptionally large and cannot be completed before the task is scheduled to run again. What happens to the running task when it starts again? To go along with this, is there a time limit on the scheduled task and what happens if the limit is exceeded? We are working to find a quicker way to capture the required data but in the mean time we would like to be processing the files. Thanks.
     
    mwtsoftware, Jan 20, 2006
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  2. Bruce

    Bruce DiscountASP.NET Staff

    It's up to the application timeout. HTTP is stateless protocol. The scheduled task service basically sends an HTTP call to the page and the server will start process the request. It will timeout at whatever you set the timeout for your asp.net application (or asp).

    The scheduled task will send the HTTP call regardless of whether the prcessing has finished or not.

    Bruce

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    Bruce, Jan 20, 2006
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  3. mwtsoftware

    mwtsoftware

    Thanks, that answers my basic questions about a scheduled task.
     
    mwtsoftware, Jan 21, 2006
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