Help Please- Design
Hello everyone,
I just recently got a new job for a startup company. For my first project, they want me to design a program that automatically retrieves information from a webpage(for example like taking stock quotes from etrade) and put it into a database. I have no idea how to do that :( I have no exsprience with SQL or any database programming languages. I also don't know c# that well but I have a solid understanding of c++. So heres my question(s):
a) I how would I retrieve information from a webpage; Should I use Macros ?
b) Do you think I should learn c# or will I be able to do this with visual c++ ?
c) Whats the most efficient way to get this done ?
Thanks for you time
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kumar310] at [2007-11-20 11:54:20]
# 1 Re: Help Please- Design
a : Macro's ?? explain. .
b: both are possible.
c: start learning to program.
Maybe a bit blunt response , but the task at hand is not that difficult. Are you sure you are on the right job. ??
Skizmo at 2007-11-11 4:02:17 >
# 2 Re: Help Please- Design
In all fairness, it depends on their experience, and related fields. For instance, I have only a very rough idea of where to start on his project. Yet, I can program DVD players, TV's, projector's and other AV equipment to work with databases on my computer, and GUI's. I've also fixed bugs in other programs, using my own program's, I have a decent amount of programming experience in a few areas, but when it comes to web development, my experience is extremely limited at best...
# 3 Re: Help Please- Design
That's a fair point, bderagon - but kumar, are you sure you elected to receive email notifications when someone replies to your post? I ask this because your questions were already answered in your previous thread (http://www.dev-archive.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1646499#post1646499). The advice was that Java & Perl were better suited to this task.
Please don't start multiple threads just because you don't like the answers you got in the first one. :(
John E at 2007-11-11 4:04:22 >
