poornima visvesvaran wrote:
>
> I want a servlet to be executed automatically everyday
> (same time) to check in the database and send mails to
> some people.
>
Servlets are request/response based, it doesn't really
make sense to execute them on their own. Nevertheless,
this is a frequently asked question, and there are
several good discussions in the archives.
There's one thread you can find with the terms "execute
automatically", but if you search around a little, you'll
find more. The answers in the archives are (so far) a
little better than the ones in this thread, so I highly
recommend taking a look.
Also: If you decide to go with a thread that sleeps
until a particular time, you don't have to poll, since
you can sleep(wakeup_time-current_time). You also
need to handle interruptions. If any of that isn't clear,
then I'd suggest taking a look at some of the utility
classes mentioned in the archive.
Also: "Now tell me a solution" reads badly. You might
want to stick a "please" in there someplace :-)
-cks
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