Re: [Zope] Importing exchange rates

2000-07-18 Thread Peter Be

If you don't have too much traffic on your site, you can let the "first user
of the day" be responsible for triggering new values to a db/file using the
ZopeTime function.

Something like this maybe:
IF (SELECT day FROM currencytable == ZopeTime(day)):
SHOW FROM DB
ELSE:
START THE COLLECTORS SCRIPT
AND PUT IN THESE VALUES IN THE DB

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From: ethan mindlace fremen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 Adrian Madrid wrote:
 
  I need to obtain the current exchange rates for the yen, mark, etc. with
  at least once a day, preferrably every other 15". Is there an easy way
  to do this in Zope?

 It depends on where the exchange rates are.

 If you get them from a database, you can make zope display the current
 rates.

 If you get them from a web page, you can use the client feature of zope
 to go snarf the web page and then extract what you need (hope you have
 permission :)

 If some other mechanism can write them to a file, you can suck them up
 with an external method whenever someone asks for it.

 hope that helps,
 --
 ethan mindlace fremen
 Zopatista Community Liason
 Abnegate I!

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Re: [Zope] Importing exchange rates

2000-07-18 Thread Gidon Friedman

hi

i have a similar problem, i have to import live date (prices)
from an excel application. i think they have a vb
application that exchanges the data with other applications
(i.e. reuters). but how do i get this data without
conflicting with other apps and programming as little
 vb as possible :(

anybody did something in that flavor?

thankx

gidon



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RE: [Zope] Importing exchange rates

2000-07-18 Thread Richard Folwell

It is also possible to set up an ODBC connection to Excel.  Depending on your 
background, this might
be simpler to set up.  See the Excel help for the fine details.  (No VB programming at 
all :-).

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 you can use COM to access the excel file.

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 Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 7:16 AM
 Subject: Re: [Zope] Importing exchange rates


 hi

 i have a similar problem, i have to import live date (prices)
 from an excel application. i think they have a vb
 application that exchanges the data with other applications
 (i.e. reuters). but how do i get this data without
 conflicting with other apps and programming as little
  vb as possible :(

 anybody did something in that flavor?

 thankx

 gidon



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Re: [Zope] Importing exchange rates

2000-07-17 Thread ethan mindlace fremen

Adrian Madrid wrote:
 
 I need to obtain the current exchange rates for the yen, mark, etc. with
 at least once a day, preferrably every other 15". Is there an easy way
 to do this in Zope?

It depends on where the exchange rates are.  

If you get them from a database, you can make zope display the current
rates. 

If you get them from a web page, you can use the client feature of zope
to go snarf the web page and then extract what you need (hope you have
permission :)

If some other mechanism can write them to a file, you can suck them up
with an external method whenever someone asks for it.

hope that helps,
-- 
ethan mindlace fremen
Zopatista Community Liason
Abnegate I!

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