Thanks to all who replied - the responses were just what I was looking for and have given me lots of food for thought. I'll look at them in detail after the holiday, for the next few days Dad's taxi is working flat out ferrying presents and people around UK :-)
I've had a bit of a problem as all the replies are coming out of order so I am getting replies to someone else's post before I have seen the post, sometimes by as much as 2 days - weird! Must be the Christmas post :-) Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year to all on Profox. John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Richard Kaye > Sent: 19 December 2006 12:41 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Polling App > > > We have some"agent" programs that do just this. A timer wakes them up > periodically and they check for any work to do. They run 24/7/365. On > one server we are currently running 7 instances. 0 CPU while sleeping. > Each one uses a little over 1MB of RAM while idle. > > John Weller wrote: > > That's basically the same as option 2. I was concerned that > VFP would hog > > too much of the system resources and hoping someone would have > experience of > > a similar situation and could advise me if it does. > > > > -- > Richard Kaye > Artfact/RFC Systems > Voice: 617.219.1038 > Fax: 617.219.1001 > > For the fastest response time, please send your support > queries to: > > Technical Support - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Australian Support - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Internet Support - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > All Other Requests - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message has been checked for viruses before sending. > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
