Create Parallel Workflow activities
I have an existing workflow service that opens a SQL Server CE database file and updates a server database with the contents of the mobile database. The service is hosted in IIS/AppFabric and responds to requests from an ASP.NET website.
The workflow is started by a request from the website that contains the database file to process. At one point in the workflow in the SynchUp activity, a reasonably substantial chunk of data is updated to the server database and as a result a subsequent request from the website that is processed in the Pick activity is timing out.
I would like to somehow process that large chunk of data in a separate workflow so that subsequent requests to my main workflow aren't blocked. Is it possible from within my current workflow to effectively fire and forget a new workflow and pass it the parameters it needs to complete the database update even if the calling workflow has completed?
Yes, if you send a one way message to a workflow service that is a fire and forget message.