Cary Coulter wrote:

>What is the best way to develop/deploy a daemon-type process under WAS
>(we're using 5.0)?
>
>We have several processes that need to run periodically, no web interface or
>anything. They do need database access and using the datasources available
>via WAS simplifies the userid/password issues of just running java tasks via
>cron or whatever.
>
>Any pointers/examples/etc.??
>
>TIA
>Cary
>
>
>
>
WAS Enterprise edition has Asynch Beans to handle just this thing.

Otherwise, you can write a Custom Service to do it yourself.

Ken

we are using Network Deployment -- not Enterprise.

what do you mean by a "custom service"?


"Ken Hygh" wrote in message
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> Cary Coulter wrote:
>
> >What is the best way to develop/deploy a daemon-type process under WAS
> >(we're using 5.0)?
> >
> >We have several processes that need to run periodically, no web interface
or
> >anything. They do need database access and using the datasources
available
> >via WAS simplifies the userid/password issues of just running java tasks
via
> >cron or whatever.
> >
> >Any pointers/examples/etc.??
> >
> >TIA
> >Cary
> >
> >
> >
> >
> WAS Enterprise edition has Asynch Beans to handle just this thing.
>
> Otherwise, you can write a Custom Service to do it yourself.
>
> Ken
>

Cary Coulter wrote:
> What is the best way to develop/deploy a daemon-type process under WAS
> (we're using 5.0)?
>
> We have several processes that need to run periodically, no web interface or
> anything. They do need database access and using the datasources available
> via WAS simplifies the userid/password issues of just running java tasks via
> cron or whatever.
>
> Any pointers/examples/etc.??
>
> TIA
> Cary
>
>
We're using the j2ee scheduler that Web Age has on Sourceforge. It's
very simple, maybe too simple, but easily modified to suit a custom
purpose. There is at least one other Java scheduler on Sourceforge.

Cary Coulter wrote:

>we are using Network Deployment -- not Enterprise.
>
>what do you mean by a "custom service"?
>
>
>
>

google 'websphere custom service'

Ken