Re: Updating Informix Tables From The Internet

The perl answer: You can grab the stuff off internet by grabbing the appropriate site's page using the perl HTTP libraries and parsing out the information you want. You can then use either the DBI extension to perl or Trifox's Vortex perl packages to write it out to the database. Peter Marley wrote: > > Hi, > > I am investigating the possibility of updating an Informix table > automatically from the internet. > > What I am actually trying to do is to get the latest exchange rates > and keep a table up to date with this information. The table will be > updated at least once a day. > > Has anybody else done something similar who can point me in the > right direction? > > Thanks > > Peter > __________________________________ > Peter Marley > DataBase Manager, Acco UK Ltd > Tel: +44 (0)1296 397444 ext. 4098 > Fax: +44 (0)1296 311019 > email: peter.marley@acco-uk.co.uk -- Tom Grenier ########################################################### # Home: Office: # # BizTravel.com # # The Internet company for frequent # # business travelers(sm.) # # Phone: (800) 497-1969 (617) 621-3919 x115 # # e-mail: tom@sqlman.com tomg@biztravel.com # # web page: http://www.sqlman.com http://www.biztravel.com # ########################################################################