> > 3.    write a stand alone java program and use a windows scheduler.

You will be better of to invoke url from windows scheduler, it will give you
more flexibility and it will run in your application space. You just have to
expose your back end process via regular servlet and work from there. It
shouldn't require more than hour to put it together.

Igor

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