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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. -- Derik A. Badman Digital Services Librarian Reference Librarian for Education and Social Work Temple University Libraries Paley Library 209 Philadelphia, PA Phone: 215-204-5250 Email: [log in to unmask] AIM: derikbad "Research makes times march forward, it makes time march backward, and it also makes time stand still." -Greil Marcus