Question

I have an existing data structure I’m forced to work with whereby scheduled events are saved by day of week and hour.

I’m using SQL Server 2008 and an ASP.NET console application (temporarily) to trigger.

Trigger times are stored as boolean values in the database.

Example:

SendMonday            bit   Unchecked
SendTuesday           bit   Unchecked
SendWednesday         bit   Unchecked
...
=====================================    
Send0000              bit   Unchecked
Send0100              bit   Unchecked
Send0200              bit   Unchecked
Send0300              bit   Unchecked
...

What would be the best approach from both a theoretical and programming perspective in order to trigger the event at the specific time?

My approach involved storing a ‘LastProcessed’ date in the database and doing a lot of manual work but wondered if there was a better approach.

Answer 1

I would use the SQL Server Agent to run a scheduled task on an hourly basis to check for events that need to be invoked.