<CFSCHEDULE ACTION="Run" TASK="TaskName"> Won't this cause the schedule task to run straight away, rather than at a scheduled time?
Regards Stephen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aidan Whitehall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 11:11 AM Subject: Generating reports in the background > I want a user to be able to specify the criteria for a report, dump the > criteria into a database, trigger a page that generates the report in the > background by specifying the ReportID value, then redirects the user to a > page saying "Your report is being created". > > At the moment, I'm using CFHTTP to call the template that creates the > report. However, the CFLOCATION then doesn't redirect the browser until the > report has been generated - I want the CFLOCATION to happen straight away. > > I don't want to use Scheduled Events as some reports will only take a few > seconds to run and the user won't like to have to wait another (say) 15 > minutes before all the outstanding reports are triggered for a small report. > > Any ideas on a good way of doing this? I'm sure the answer is simple but the > grey stuff is really struggling today... > > > Thanks in advance > > -- > Aidan Whitehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Macromedia ColdFusion Developer > Fairbanks Environmental +44 (0)1695 51775 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
