scheduled task running to long.

[nedflanders]

I have a Scheduled Task that runs and downloads content from another server.
this task has a 300 sec timeout on it (set in the admin) however, the task
continues to run and wait for the other server. This causes our server to hose.
how can i force CF to kill the task if it goes over the time limit? or is there
any other ways to handle this? thanks NF

[TurboMini]

Ned, Is your scheduled task a URL called by the admin? If so, you may try
adding a 'requesttimeout' querystring parameter. How is your task getting
content from the other server? CFHTTP? If so, you could add a timeout to that
call as well. 5 minutes is a long time, eh?

[nedflanders]

Originally posted by: TurboMini Ned, Is your scheduled task a URL called by
the admin? If so, you may try adding a 'requesttimeout' querystring parameter.
How is your task getting content from the other server? CFHTTP? If so, you
could add a timeout to that call as well. 5 minutes is a long time, eh? Yes,
the task are URLs in the cf admin. I have the requesttimeout value set to 300
in the admin for that task. I will try setting the time out on the cfhttp call
itself to see if that helps. You wouldnt think 5 mins would kill the server
but it sure seems to. and its a brand new server. go figure.