But wouldn't PING only recognize whether or not the URL was valid (as you
said)? But that wouldn't mean that there actually is a web site that is up
and running for that URL.
Maybe a better thing would be to just let users enter their URL. Have the
URL flagged in the database and have a spider check any flagged URLs to see
if a web site exists there.
Just my two-bits worth.
-Allen
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From: "John Allred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 3:33 PM
Subject: PING to check URL
> I can't find any documentation on using the PING command to check for a
> valid URL. The alternative is to force my users to do it, when all I
> want is to check its validity before allowing them to enter it on my
> site.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> TIA,
> --
> John Allred / Jackson, Mississippi
> Mississippi Counties
> http://www.mscounties.com/
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