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You simply need to run a scheduled task. &nbsp;Do you have access to the task scheduler or are you on a shared host? &nbsp;Some shared &nbsp;hosts will have a way for you to schedule a task. &nbsp;You can have the task scheduler hit your asp page or just make it a vb or vbs.
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You simply need to run a scheduled task.  Do you have access to the task scheduler or are you on a shared host?  Some shared  hosts will have a way for you to schedule a task.  You can have the task scheduler hit your asp page or just make it a vb or vbs.

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I have full access to the host. So the scheduled task would literally open a page on my site?
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I have full access to the host. So the scheduled task would literally open a page on my site?

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Seems to work perfectly.<br />
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Thanks!
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Hi,<br />
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Running classic ASP with Sql Server (sql version), I need to find a solution for triggering a time-based event in this stateless environment. &nbsp;Surely there must be some way to do this. &nbsp;Eg I need a way to trigger a function in classic ASP code that imports data from an external txt file into SQL server table. &nbsp;This even needs to run at five in the morning every day. <br />
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If not classic ASP, then how is it done in .NET? &nbsp;We could turn on .NET for that purpose alone.<br />
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Thanks for any help...
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Hi,

Running classic ASP with Sql Server (sql version), I need to find a solution for triggering a time-based event in this stateless environment.  Surely there must be some way to do this.  Eg I need a way to trigger a function in classic ASP code that imports data from an external txt file into SQL server table.  This even needs to run at five in the morning every day. 
 
If not classic ASP, then how is it done in .NET?  We could turn on .NET for that purpose alone.

Thanks for any help...

ASP Trigger for time based event

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