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On 6/11/09 6/11/09 € 12:36 PM, "Derik Badman" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Jon Gorman <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> 
>> I guess the first question is if it is really necessary to use a text
>> file?  I'm not entirely clear on this process, but perhaps the text
>> file could be imported into a database.
> 
> 
> At this point the text file is a stop-gap api that ticTOCs is offering
> (supposedly working an actual api), so this will probably be a temporary
> situation. I could put all the data into mysql, though then I'd have to
> figure out how to check the text file for changes and then update the
> database accordingly.
> 
> 
>> Then of course perhaps there's some way to add this to the Serials
>> Solution database directly?  Then you don't need another javascript at
>> all?
> 
> 
> I'm so disillusioned with them, that I didn't even consider that...
> 
> 
> 
>> cron + wget/curl would be a good first step it would seem.  You might
>> want some sort of script that monitors changes or the like.  (Maybe
>> send you an email if there's no updates in x days or something like
>> that).
> 
> 
> Thanks, I'll look into that.
> 

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