yes, the numbers are in this format # # # # # # - # # # # # # - # #.op.gz (i.e. 88493-53253-2007.op.gz) station-wban-yyyy.op.gz, I have a database that I can query to retrieve those numbers. op.gz are just the file extension, I was thinking about querying those numbers into an array and looping through them.
Thanks On Oct 15, 4:12 am, Glenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you know the pattern to how the file names are named? Do the numbers > mean anything or are they random? That will determine a lot of how you > should handle the process. > > ...Glenn > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 7:18 PM, Laoballer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > I'm new to VB and am starting a project where I have to bring in > > historic weather data into a mysql database. The weather data can be > > retrieved via anonymous ftp spanning multiple files. What I would like > > to be able to do is create a VB application that will ftp into the > > server and download the necessary files automatically from a list that > > I have generated. The files are in this format > > # # # # # # - # # # # # # - # #.op.gz (i.e. 88493-53253-2007.op.gz) > > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this and point me in the > > right direction. The data is from the NCDC ftp server > >ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/gsod/2007/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DotNetDevelopment, VB.NET, C# .NET, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, XML, XML Web Services,.NET Remoting" 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/DotNetDevelopment You may subscribe to group Feeds using a RSS Feed Reader to stay upto date using following url <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/DotNetDevelopment";> http://feeds.feedburner.com/DotNetDevelopment</a> -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
