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database connectivity

 [1/3] from: gchiu::compkarori::co::nz at: 6-Nov-2000 19:54


I'm toying with the idea of writing some scripts to track a few websites for specific information, and to update a database with the results. Is Rebol/command the only Rebol option? Or is Perl still the main bot writing language? -- Graham Chiu http://www.compkarori.co.nz/x.php?/zwiki/RebolTopics

 [2/3] from: tim:johnsons-web at: 6-Nov-2000 7:34


Tim For an example of a bot script, see the rebol scripts library. Since you ask about database connectivity, there are several examples of text - based database scripts there as well. Graham Chiu wrote:
> I'm toying with the idea of writing some scripts to track a > few websites for specific information, and to update a > Is Rebol/command the only Rebol option?
If indeed you are only tracking a "few" sites, /core will work just fine.
> Or is Perl still the main bot writing language?
Perl has been around longer than rebol, C has been around longer than Perl, Cobol longer than either. You can write bots in all 3, and I've pretty much abandoned all 3 for rebol. :) Check out the scripts library, you will find it very helpful. Tim

 [3/3] from: gchiu:compkarori at: 7-Nov-2000 9:11


On Mon, 06 Nov 2000 07:34:44 -0900 Tim Johnson <[tim--johnsons-web--com]> wrote:
> Graham Chiu wrote: > > I'm toying with the idea of writing some scripts to
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> in all 3, and I've pretty much abandoned all 3 for > rebol. :)
Where can I get an example of a bot written in Cobol? This I have to see :-) Anyway, I have it figured out now. Since my scripts are not particularly time sensitive, my bot will just write it's results as a sql script into a specific directory, and a cron process will execute any scripts it finds there. That way I can update my database without the need for Rebol/command.
> Check out the scripts library, you will find it very > helpful.
I see that the script library hasn't been updated for a couple of months now ... :-(

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