great thanks for that reply. the link is very useful. i think my plan is to create my query file and run it as a scheduled task then set the feed via the GB control panel so it will get collected by GB every week.I'm glad you mentioned that the id needs to be unique, i'll use the db primary key for this i think.
i'm just starting to put all this together now so no doubt i'll be posting back here. many thanks zac On Apr 27, 6:29 pm, Celebird <[email protected]> wrote: > it depends for what item-type and how the xml is being used. > > general attribute and value rules depend on the item-type; > > xml format details depend on how the xml is being used -- > upload as a data-feed-file, sent as an api batch file, or > inserted via the api. > > if the example is for the products item-type, as > an atom 1.0 data-feed-file, then that's incorrect. > > please see here for products item-type details and > samples:http://base.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=73932 > > per-item id attributes must be unique per item and must never change; > for example, you might use the item's uri or a database primary key. > google-base will use per-item id's to help track each item -- forever. > > the feed-file id attribute is a side-effect of using the atom format; > this is for your internal use and isn't used by google-base directly. > > as to the steps, it rather depends on individual requirements > and how you want google-base integrated with your website -- > the steps outline are certainly one solution; for example, > after the first few successful uploads via the control-panel > i might then switch to using ftp to upload the data-feed-file > or simply have a scheduled feed grab the data-feed-file. > > also, your database might have a tab-delimited export > feature which might make the process even simpler. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Base Data API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Base-data-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
