Sometimes remote scripting can also cause problems..and try not closing the
connections and forgetting the movenext..things like that..but still I don't
think crashing the server..may be slowing down the server..there is
something called timeout..that would errorout..may be too many users that
server cannot handle can bring the server down..

One time when our server was down..I don't know if thats crashing..
The error we had was w.r.t RemoteScripting which is primary cause of
Bringing down the server...but that was the only time it happened..and we
still use the same code and the server is not down..

-----Original Message-----
From: GLSmyth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 9:12 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [ASP] Can I Crash A Server


Bob -

We use SQL Server, but I assume that that would be the same thing.  I
was thinking of that - looping connections without closing them - and
am actually in the process of seeing if there are any programs where I
forgot to close the connection (none found yet).  That would involve
some backwards code (you normally open the connection, then loop
through the records) but I guess that is something that could cause
problems.

Thanks -

george


--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "BobFilipiak"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Maybe not exactly crashing the server but you could keep penning
connections
> to an access database in a loop and not close any of them and that could
> hang the web server.
> 
> Depending on permissions, you might shell out and kill a process or just
> stop a service and not be able to restart it.
> 
> I remember programming on a mainframe computer that used tape
drives. The
> operations chief tried to tell me my program was causing parity
errors on
> his tape drive. I had him take the particular tape drive off line
and use a
> different drive for the program. Guess what? No parity error.
> 
> 
> 
> Bob Filipiak
> A question not asked
>   is a lost opportunity to learn.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Adrian Forbes - ITD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 8:53 AM
> Subject: RE: [ASP] Can I Crash A Server
> 
> 
> > What does he know about programming?  He's a network engineer...
> >
> > Putting your code in a loop (ie forgetting .MoveNext) is about the
worst
> > thing you're likely to do.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: GLSmyth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: 14 May 2004 1:09
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [ASP] Can I Crash A Server
> >
> >
> > I have been programming with ASP for several years now, and being far
> > from an expert, I feel that I have a pretty good grasp on things.  We
> > have a new Network Engineer on board at work and he is concerned that
> > if I make a mistake in my programming, I could crash the server.
> >
> > I have been trying to think of ways to crash the server using ASP,
> > but besides doing something intentional, I am just not able to think
> > of how this could be done (truthfully, I can't even think of a way to
> > do it intentionally).
> >
> > Is he off base that a goof in my code could bring down the server, or
> > does he have a legitimate concern.  I have made the occasional
> > mistake of forgetting to include Movenext within a loop looking at a
> > series of records, but I am just not able to come up with any
> > instances.
> >
> > Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Cheers -
> >
> > george
> >
> >
> >
> >
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