How can I programmatically recycle a .net web app's own apppool?

Question

I have a complex server application that uses Nhibernate and Linq2SQL. About 3 times per day the Linq2sql code generates a \"value cannot be null\" exception. Once this happ

Answer 1

The following code will recycle the current site's app pool. You need to add a reference to Microsoft.Web.Administration

using (ServerManager iisManager = new ServerManager())
{
    SiteCollection sites = iisManager.Sites;
    foreach (Site site in sites)
    {
       if (site.Name == HostingEnvironment.SiteName) 
       {
         iisManager.ApplicationPools[site.Applications["/"].ApplicationPoolName].Recycle();
         break;
       }
    }
}