Execute method in global.asax every few minutes

Question

What is the most effective way to execute a method in the Global.asax file every x number of minutes? Is there a way to have the ASP.NET server run a background thread that

Answer 1

you could use combination of HTTPModule and ASP.NET TIMER to do this

http://technico.qnownow.com/2012/04/06/create-custom-http-module-to-periodically-refresh-cache-or-some-other-work/

(or)

You could use AJAX Timer control .

http://technico.qnownow.com/2012/06/12/refresh-gridview-intervals-using-ajax-timer/

Answer 2

You could have a timer in the Application_Start of the Global.asax, but this is not very flexible since you need to do a request to the application for the timer to start. There are dangers to doing it this way though, as detailed by Haacked:

• http://haacked.com/archive/2011/10/16/the-dangers-of-implementing-recurring-background-tasks-in-asp-net.aspx

A better way of doing it is to have a web service that acts as an interface to your ASP.NET application and have a windows service that calls your web service on scheduled intervals:

More details here:

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163821.aspx

Answer 3

Put a System.Timers.Timer object in Application_Start () in Global.asax.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.timers.timer.aspx