"Sinex" <manoj.johar@honeywell.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I have a web service with multiple web methods. A client consumes my
> service thru a proxy object. Say the client calls a web method F1(). The
> first time my client calls the method it takes a while for the response to
> come back. But subsequent requests are served much faster! Why is this
> happening?
>
> I am under the impression that every call to a web method is a brand new
> request to the web service. The service spits out the response and the
> connection is closed (right?). Or is it that the server (IIS) remembers
> my
> client and handles subsequent calls on the same connection?
>
> Sinex
>
>

"Andrew Brook" <ykoorb@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Sinex,
>
> I think the first time the web service is accessed the application is
> started (perhaps even compiled depending on which version of .NET and
> deployment options you chose - also, isn't JIT compilation always used??
> :) ). There could also be something to do with HTTP connections but im not
> sure.
>
> In my case, the couple of second delay on first request was causing me
> severe problems. I tried adding the IIS application into it's own pool for
> which i changed settings so the worker process should never shut down or
> recycle (this was in IIS6). In practise this didn't seem to have much of
> an effect, however, I may have not configured it correctly.
>
> If anyone else knows how to decrease the time of the first call then
> please shout up :)