Also check out:
http://www.coolservlets.com/ ( Servlet-based )
( and the getLastModified() method of javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet )
and
http://www.simscomputing.com/ ( EJB based )
regards,
David
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Ryan wrote:
> just run a cron job and have mysql pipe the output to a file.
>
> check out 'man crontab'
>
> -ryan
>
>
>
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> From: "Venkat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 5:20 PM
> Subject: Automatic database connection
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>
> > Hi all
> >
> > Inorder to reduce load on database, I want to connect once to the database
> > everyday (at 12 o' clock midnight or on change of date) and retrieve some
> > information from database (say a quote of the day) and put that in
> > servletcontext and display it to everyone on one particular page
> >
> > I am able to do this in that page and it happens only when somebody
> requests
> > that page, database connection is made and string data is put in
> application
> > (servlet) object
> >
> > How can I automate this, is there any way that I write same code in
> web.xml
> > or in any other place
> >
> > Please advise
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Venkat
> >
> >
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