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Comments by Paul D D (Top 9 by date)
Paul D D
19-Nov-14 8:01am
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Forgot to add the link I referred to ... http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg213826(v=sql.110).aspx
Paul D D
24-Jul-14 9:47am
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Thanks Ryan. A windows service? I doubt this is possible on a shared IIS server? Or are you meaning a .NET web service?
Paul D D
24-Jul-14 9:31am
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Thanks Ryan. I don't suppose you can point me to a useful example that follows .NET4 standards?
Paul D D
24-Jul-14 6:11am
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Picking up on the comments made above I think the best immediate solution will be as follows:
The hosting company allows me to set up a scheduled task to "Check Website Availabilty". If I specify a url which points to a WCF Web Service (containing my logic) then the 'website check' will run the service for me at a time I specify.
Does this sound like a sensible approach?
Only problem I suppose is if the website is unavailable then the http request will fail, unless I can run it from localhost.
Paul D D
24-Jul-14 5:50am
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I think it makes sense to understand what the existing hosting company can provide - will have a detailed discussion once I have a better grip on what I want to achieve and how. They must have come across similar issues in the past.
Paul D D
24-Jul-14 5:46am
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Can definitely send emails from the shared server. Its already doing this from within the .cs code.
Paul D D
24-Jul-14 5:45am
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Thanks Duncan. Would that be invoked in a similar fashion to the way its done in this youtube demo? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oM_68cbip0 From around 12 minutes in it shows the WCF service being called via HTTP.
Paul D D
24-Jul-14 5:43am
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Cheers Wombaticus. If that is the solution then I'm more likely to look at a dedicated server solution. Its hoped that the website will be a commercial success (sold to larger organisations) so this could be factored into the cost of the website application sale.
Paul D D
24-Jul-14 5:21am
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Hi Duncan. I can access preinstalled scheduled tasks on the server via the online 'webpanel'. I can certainly ask them if we can add to this.
I'm not experienced with IIS but, assuming I can install a scheduled task, what would the schedule actually call? Not allowed .exe!
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