Re: Problem w/ASP and MS PWS

All of your problems getting it to work might prove to be a good omen, in
the end.  Our web site has been using ASP pretty heavily since around August
of 1999.  Since October, we have experienced major problems with ASP pages
locking up and requests not being processed.

This seems to be an issue the source of which can not be identified by
Microsoft or anyone else.

The symptoms?  Your web server will suddenly stop serving/processing ASP
pages.  Plain HTML pages will continue to work fine.  If you view
performance monitor from IIS, the moment you notice the hang-up you will see
a gradual increase in "requests queued" that builds and builds until finally
your CPU utilization maxes out at 100%.

Yes, we've made sure all our recordset connections get closed after
processed.  Yes, we've tested each and every ASP page individually, and each
runs and completes the task fine.  But something --for whatever reason--
causes the server to stop processing ASP and there seems to be no solution.
We've gotten suggestions such as "get more CPU's,"  "re-install your MDAC,"
"get more memory," "cut off the head of a chicken and sprinkle the blood
around your IT room" --you name it, and the "solution" has been suggested.
We've tried it all (except the chicken thing), and nothing works.

Beware.  ASP is *not* your answer and I assure you it will generate needless
hours of headache.  This much I guarantee.

Mike

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