Server Scheduled

[omaldonado]

On FMSA 10 i have a schedule for sending mail and another for make a dayly backup. The console is displaying "running" for both scheduled task. how can i stop this?

[Wim Decorte]

check the event log to make sure they are really still running. The console itself is notorious for not updating its UI. The daily backup should not take that long if you're backing up locally. The other schedule (mail) could be in an infinite loop...

[omaldonado]

Thanks! Reinitiating server and disabling the email script solves the prooblem.

How can avoid infinite loops on server when executing scripts?

[Wim Decorte]

Test, test and then test some more

depending on what the loop does you need to test for:

- empty found sets

- on the next iteration of the loop that you're not on the same record as the previous iteration

- ...

[James Marshall]

Hi omaldonado,

When testing server side scripts, I first build them and run them as a client to get a ballpark idea of how long they are supposed to take. You'll have to keep your eye on the clients on the FileMaker Server console to see if the server is still running the script.

Good luck,

James Marshall

http://www.soliantconsulting.com/blog/category/filemaker/