Executing server side script for Auction

[ginx]

I am developing an Auction site. I am wondering if it is possible to run a script once every 4 hours (could be any time period), that will send emails to the buyer and seller of the auctioned item. This script needs to run on the server whether the the site is being accessed or not. The alternative would be to manualluy go to a page as an administrator and click a button that runs a script checking for completed auctions. Is this possible with ASP. If not could someone stear me in the right direction.

I am using ASP with a weak access database (it does the trick for now!)

As always, Thank you in advance.

Ginx

 

[denoxis]

Not that I know.
I needed something similar and here is what I did:

1) Wrote an ASP page that does the stuff on the server (update database, send email etc), and I uploded it to the remote web server
2) Since I don't have the full access to the remote server, I scheduled a task that visits that page from my PC which is turned on pretty much all day long

 

[baddos]

If you are allowed, you could write a .vbs script file and have the sever run it as a scheduled task.

 

[ginx]

can you expand on the .vbs thing thing please. I am a bit stupid

Thanks,
ginx

 

[newbiepg]

if it is possible ask your site administrator to run the exe to be kept on the system scheduler. I had to do a similar thing with an auction site, I made a vb exe and put it on the system scheduler