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asp.netasynchronous
Matt Dawdy
Matt Dawdy

Reputation: 19707

ASP.Net asynch operations

Using a Generic Handler, I'd like to 2 do things in parallel. First, I need to send a request to a 3rd part and get the result back (this can take up to 25 seconds) and while that is happening, parse some XML and insert a record into a database.

How would I go about issuing an Http request (like GetResponse()) but not have it pause until it gets a response?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 65

Answers (2)

Ron
Ron

Reputation: 1

Another option is creating a web service class in your project and having the web service do the work for the 3rd party request. Methods in a web service can be called asynchronously, so you can create a method in the service, reference the service from your page, then use the asynchronous overload of the method.

Upvotes: 0

BrandonZeider
BrandonZeider

Reputation: 8152

Create an asynchronous HTTP handler class. In your BeginProcessRequest, you can create two tasks, one for the 3rd party request, one for the XML parse and then run them in parallel. Here's a pretty good tutorial that shows how to define tasks that return values and run them in parallel.

Upvotes: 1

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