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Leon Rosenberg wrote: >> On 12/4/06, Christopher Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> J. Patrick Bedell wrote: >>> Hello, >>> Sorry for the offtopic question! >>> How might I configure my servlet container or webapp web.xml so >>> that a periodic application performs a cleanup task for my webapp's >>> database? I want to have a cleanup application (say, a particular >>> java class) run periodically without triggering it on user input. >> >> Does your cleanup have to run from your webapp? If not, I would >> recommend just using a plain-old command-line java program and schedule >> it regularly using cron (UNIX) or whatever task scheduler is available >> on win32. >> > > Why if i may ask? I recommend off line batch processing for a number of reasons: 1. There is usually no reason to make it part of the webapp. If it's not necessary, my policy is not to do it. 2. If you have several app servers and only one database, why have all the app servers run database cleanup routines? 3. Why take up resources in your app server (connections, CPU time, etc.) that you can offload to another machine for these operations. 4. An out-of-process utility can be run from anywhere, and does not require the weight of a servlet container -- in case you want to run it standalone independently of your webapp (related to #2 and #3). #1 is really my -- heh -- #1 reason not to do it. Cron is also simpler and more reliable than an in-webapp scheduled job. It can run scheduled processes that should have been run during downtime and it can run while the webapp itself is down. - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFdK269CaO5/Lv0PARAn0RAKCBDDZr4iit0dZo21Laf/b5nb10mwCggNKe DYkSj/ctrdLPu1xSc9yN32I= =T3go -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
