execute a certain task every one hour in server

Farhad Eft

Hi I want to a certain task every one hour in server in my ASP .NET 4 project, I was wondering where should i put my codes to execute. Thank you guys

fjdiewornncalwe

For starters, don't put repetitive server code in a web application because then you will need something to trigger the process anyway. Why not investigate using a Windows Service or an application that is setup to be run by the Windows Task Scheduler.

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Rahul Rajat Singh

The best way to do this is by writing a windows service and run it on the server. this windows service can be written in such a way that it will do some particular task every hour.

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Farhad Eft

thank you so much for your answer but i only have a shared hosting plan not a dedicated server and i definitely don't have access to those kinds of resources.

Farhad Eft

thank you so much for your answer but i only have a shared hosting plan not a dedicated server and i definitely don't have access to those kinds of resources.

Rahul Rajat Singh

In that case, I will have to suggest a very very dirty workaround for tackling this problem. 1. Have a page that will do the required task. do the required task only when a specific query string is present. This way you will ensure that only you know this actual link that will perform this operation. 2. Now whenever you access this page with this specific query string this task will run. you can do it manually but you can still automate it. lets see how: 3. create a simple winform application with webbrowser control in it and navigate it to the required page with the specific querystring. all hard coded in the page_load. so when application opens up your task is done. close this app in webbrowser navigated event. 4. Now configure a windows service on your PC that will run this application on a specified time. P.S. all this assuming that the task you need to perform is not time consuming otherwise you will get timeout problem. Note: I am not recommending this approach. it is very very bad. but in desperate times such workarounds do work.

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Lost User

Put ur code as console appln. Use server task-scheduler to trigger that .exe file every hour...

David Mujica

Is this a task SQL server based? maybe you could write a SQL job and have it scheduled. (if your hosting agreement allows it) Just a thought.

Sandip Nascar

As you are using shared hosting, it is not possible to connect to windows service as this will not be allowed. Create a web page which will do the task (as per your requirement - say adding some data or sending mail etc). Use query string to specify your parameters. Don't forget to encrypt the querystring value for security concern. Now the interesting thing, create a windows service in your local machine which calls the above mentioned aspx page with querystring value. Thus the page is fired in background and the code behind of the page will do the rest. Thanks, Sandip

Vijay Selvaraj

hi can you use timer control and set timer interval to hours to milisecod