We get our weather through an ftp function. As I've said, someone actually
pays for this service from AccuWeather. Basically, they have ftp servers
with generated content for the area specified by the customer. We ftp in,
grab the file in our folder, parse it, and create a text file for inclusion.
At 06:41 AM 5/16/00 +1000, you wrote:
>the idea of having a dynamic weather message is fantastic my question is
>where do you source the wether information from as in from what part of a
>weather based information website ?????
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Top-Link Tech (John Ceci) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 6:38 AM
>Subject: RE: Weather Revisited
>
>
> > Scott,
> >
> > Have your CF Schedule script create an HTML file with the weather in the
> > format you output it and then just include it on your page and overwrite
>the
> > file each time the schedule runs...Totally eliminates the need for a
> > database call...
> >
> > HTH,
> > John
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Computer Simplistics Suppoer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 1:58 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Weather Revisited
> >
> >
> > Ok.. so what I setup was the script to grab weather using cfschedule oh,
> > every 15 minutes and store it in a database. Then I just grab the database
> > value on the page.
> >
> > Is there a less computer intensive way to do this? I hate to do a query
>each
> > time the page loads just for the temperature =). Can I cache it somewhere?
> >
> > Scott Berry
> > --
> > Computer Simplistics Support
> > "Simple Solutions for a Complex World"
> > http://www.c-s.net
> > 661-296-4315
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>--
> > --
> > Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk
> > To Unsubscribe visit
> > http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or
> > send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in
> > the body.
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>----
> > Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk
> > To Unsubscribe visit
>http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or
>send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in
>the body.
> >
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk
>To Unsubscribe visit
>http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or
>send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in
>the body.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk
To Unsubscribe visit
http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or send a
message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
