Hi,

I have a ASP.NET 1.1 web application that reads in values from a text file and enters them into a hashtable which is later display on screen. If I change the text file (the keys/index stay the same) the text displayed is still the old text. But if I restart IIS then the pages display the correct text.

Is this part of the functionality of a hash table?

I need to be able to change the text file a lot without having to restart IIS. Is this possible?

Any help would be great


 

amardilo:

I have a ASP.NET 1.1 web application that reads in values from a text file and enters them into a hashtable  

 When? And yes... you will probably have to check for changes and update the hashtable.

Thanks for your help.

So I would just write a bit of code inside global.aspx that has a file systemwatcher in it?

Thanks again 

Oh right so it would be something like an installed C# app that would sit and look through my folder. How would I then refresh my hashtable as the code for that is part of my website?

I can change the application that generates the text files (very old application) to fire off a message to my website. Would it be easy to just add something to my websites web service that would refresh the hashtable when a certain web method has been called?

Would that work? Is there a way to empty a hash table and then repopulate it?