illegal schmillegal, driving 60 in a 55 is illegal, we all do something illegal everyday.
they have bigger fish to fry, and sportsline, espn, vegas.com havent changed in two years. :) not that i know from any personal experience or anything :) tw On 10/6/05, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ray Champagne wrote: > > aight....so - how does one go about scraping a page? Never really had > > any experience with it. I suppose I could hack through and figure out > > what to do, but can you briefly explain how you do it on that page? > > Well, aside from screen scraping being possibly illegal, it's a huge pain. > > Basically you have to CFHTTP the page, then perform a bunch of finds to > find the scores and mid() them out .. and your screen scraping is based > on consistent html. I used to do this with Amazon back in the late 90s > and Amazon changed their html on a weekly basis, which meant I had to > revamp the screen scraping code. > > Rick > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:220223 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
