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Jason Jystad24-Sep-01 9:10
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Actually it is possible to use an ASP page to do this. (maybe not the best solution, but just for fun here is how to do it)

The e-mail portion is simple, using either CDONTS or one of the many e-mail components out there (eg ASPMail). Then you would just be building the body of the message from the database table via the usual ADO tapdance.

The tricky bit is getting it to run regularly, as ASP is not "executable" as such, it must be interpreted through a web server. This allows for no regular scheduling, as ASP exits memory upon completion. I did use a couple of ASP scripts to do some automated tasks just for the fun of it once though. (ok ok, I'm a geek Poke tongue | ;-P )

The way you get it to execute regularly is by using task scheduler to execute a command line of "iexplore [insert page url here]" without the quotes. You will need to make sure that iexplore.exe is in your path or specify the path to it when you call it.

I would just use the server's task scheduler to do it. Or if it is a hosted site on a remote machine, you can use the task scheduler on your own machine, just remember that your machine will have to be running to call the page.

Jason Jystad
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