Any thought to storing links to the docs in a db rather than the data itself, maybe with some keywords you can search on?
Joel Headline- Apathy Runs Rampant; But Noone Seems to Care > -----Original Message----- > From: Timothy Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 1:27 PM > To: 'Kevin Old'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Storing Newsletter in Database > > > > I think the last time I tried to make a webpage with > Publisher it made the > whole document into a picture background with links on top. > That might put > a dent in your plan if that's still the way it's set up. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Old [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 1:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Storing Newsletter in Database > > > Hello all, > > I have a challenge that has been put on me. I have built a > website for my > church and we are now wanting to put our newsletter online. > It is currently > being done in Microsoft Publisher. > > I would like to take the MS Publisher file and extract the > data and insert > it into a database (PostgreSQL) and then display it via > PHP/Perl. Catch is, > the data is not that consistent. > > The only thing I can think of is to have MS Publisher save it > as HTML, and > then go through and parse everything and get it put in the > database. I know > that would still involve some kind of consistency with the > data. If there > was a way for me to apply an XML DTD to the HTML, that would > automate the > process more. > > On the other hand, I could just have the entire newsletter > HTML dumped in > the database and then have it displayed like that (modifying > the HTML of > course). But that defeats the entire purpose of "automating" data. > > Any ideas on how this can be done, even if I don't have > consistency in the > data? > > Any help is appreciated, > Kevin > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------ > This email may contain confidential and privileged > material for the sole use of the intended recipient. > If you are not the intended recipient, please contact > the sender and delete all copies. > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
