> If data on a website is not embedded in html tags, and
> it usually isn't (especially if what is being
> retrieved is an ASP), does anyone know a simple way to
> hack the information out anyway?  

SELECT column FROM table WHERE column LIKE "%KEYWORD%"

Keeping this kind of thing close to the database is
usually a good thing, for speed - but Perl is much
easier than SQL.

Using DBI and regular expressions with the /ms switches
should do the same job with less hassle.

> potentially a script that will extract info from the
> database whose info is being displayed on the web
> page?
>
> if someone can answer this, and perhaps offer a
> suggestion, it would console me.

| kpslater777:/home/kpslater/$ wink
| ;)
| kpslater777:/home/kpslater/$ 

Jonathan Paton

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