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drunkenneo
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Posted - 2015-03-02 : 06:05:52
CAn we do webscrapping throgh SQL code for currencies current details?

gbritton
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2780 Posts

Posted - 2015-03-02 : 06:23:59
You can. Consider that a web page is a type of XML document. SQL has good tools for shredding XML.
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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks

30421 Posts

Posted - 2015-03-02 : 13:25:34
Nope. "Native" T-SQL methods can only retrieve 4000 bytes of text.
Use a SQLCLR routine for this.



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James K
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3873 Posts

Posted - 2015-03-02 : 17:07:57
You might find the information on this page useful: https://developer.yahoo.com/yql/
Not sure what your constraints and requirements are, but worth a look anyway.
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