Create a timer control in ASP?

[deshpandeashish]

Is it possible to create a timer control as in VB 6 in ASP ?
I require a timer to read records from a database after each minute...how can this be done? without continuously doing a loop

[GazMathias]

Once an ASP request leaves the server and is sent to the browser, it is done with.

Therefore, timers must be activated and tracked at the browser.

The answer: Javascript.

In short, by all means write a page in ASP to pull your records from the database, but use Javascript to call that page when needed.

I speak with regard to Classic ASP, I am not learned in the ways of ASP.Net (Yet - I haven't the need). If it is ASP.Net wisdom you seek, you'd best post in that forum.

Gaz.