Scheduled Tasks with Sql Azure?

Question

I wonder if there\'s a way to use scheduled tasks with SQL Azure? Every help is appreciated.

The point is, that I want to run a simple, single line statement every

Answer 1

The overcome the issue of multiple roles executing the same task, you can check for role instance id and make sure that only the first instance will execute the task.

using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ServiceRuntime;

        String g = RoleEnvironment.CurrentRoleInstance.Id;
        if (!g.EndsWith("0"))
        {
            return;
        }