DatGrid Data Updating

[Steve Wark]

Whats the easiest way to update data being displayed in a datagrid from SQL
every 2-3 minutes. For instance, a user brings up a web page page that is
monitoring an alarm list stored in a SQL table. Some process creates a new
alarm into the table, this should be displayed in the datagrid by the system
without any user interaction.

I've tried using the Timer but with no luck. The timer event fires (can
watch it in debugger) but no updating of the web page occurs.

Steve

 

[Patrick Olurotimi Ige]

Steve about if you try refreshing the page every 2-3 minutes.

 

[Scott Allen]

In order to get the web page to update you need something in the
client's browser to go back to the server and refresh the content.

An easy way to do this is to use the META tag, ie:
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="20">

See:
http://www.knowdotnet.com/articles/asppagerefresh.html for more info.