Automating a process

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I currently have a process when a user clicks a button on the page the program fetches a file from via Ftp and then reads the file and inserts the data into a database table.

I would like to know how would I be able to let this process run automatically at a certain hour? lets say 12:05am daily

Posted 9-Dec-12 20:22pm

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AnkitGoel.com 10-Dec-12 4:45am

you have to write a job in sql server which calls a stored procedure and that stored procedure should download the file from ftp and insert the contents into database.

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2012-12-10T18:38:00

You can use the Windows Service which is designed for similar purposes and bundled with Windows; you can use it on different levels. It is called Window Task Scheduler, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Task_Scheduler[^].

First, you can schedule events using command-line utilities AT.EXE or CSHTASKS.EXE (which is replacing AT.EXE), see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_%28Windows%29[^],
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schtasks[^],
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490866.aspx[^],
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb736357%28v=vs.85%29.aspx[^].

And you also can use Window Task Scheduler API, please see:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa383614%28v=vs.85%29.aspx[^],
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa383608%28v=vs.85%29.aspx[^].

To see how can you use it with .NET, see this CodeProject article: A New Task Scheduler Class Library for .NET[^].

—SA

Abhinav S · Answer 2 · 2012-12-10T18:45:00

Solution 2

You can create a scheduled task by using the CSTaskScheduler task[^].

Posted 10-Dec-12 18:45pm

Abhinav S

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 11-Dec-12 0:47am

Yes, a 5.
--SA

Abhinav S 11-Dec-12 0:52am

Thank you SA.