> Processor speed? Athlon 3200+
> RAM? 2Gb > Dual processor or one? Single > Is it in a datacenter? No > If not how big is the pipe? 2Gb SDSL with nothing on it except this server. > Because there could be other bottlenecks ... > > Just a thought ... > > Cheers, > Erika > > -------------------------------------------------- > > ##| -----Original Message----- > ##| From: James Smith > ##| > ##| OK, I have a bit of a situation that is now going to ##| > require me to learn a new language :-( ##| ##| For some time > now we have been checking online prices of ##| our > competitors automatically over the Internet to ensure ##| our > prices are cheaper. All of our stock control, order ##| > processing, etc... Is handled by a CF powered intranet and > ##| a MySQL backend. We have reached the stage now where the > ##| price check is taking over 2 hours (just) an CF can no > ##| longer handle it, it just isn't designed to run a 2 hour > ##| template request! > ##| > ##| Can someone recommend > ##| A) The best language to use for this ##| B) A good book > to learn from ##| C) A good IDE to code it in? > ##| > ##| The language should be able to cope with... > ##| 1) http requests (similar to a cfhttp) to retrieve the > ##| remote web page. > ##| 2) regular expressions to search the html for the prices. > ##| 3) ODBC to link to the MySQL data source. > ##| 4) simple text file management to write lines to a tab > ##| delimited text file. > ##| 5) http posts to post the finished text file to it's ##| > destination (must support https). > ##| 6) should cope with running a process for a couple of > hours ##| without memory leaks killing the server it's running on. > ##| > ##| Your suggestions please? > ##| > ##| -- > ##| Jay > ##| > ##| (\ /) > ##| (O.o) > ##| (> <) > ##| > ##| This is Bunny. Copy Bunny into your signature to help him > ##| on his way to world domination. > ##| > ##| > ##| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ##| > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect your mail server with built in anti-virus protection. It's not only good for you, it's good for everybody. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=39 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163039 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
