[snip] http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.scan?s=TVD[T.T_EQ_S]![AS0,20,TV_GT_40000]![TH0_GT_AM1,260,TH] > > It contains a table with information on stocks and I'd like to take > it, massage it, and eventually put it into a MySQL table elsewhere. > > I have a feeling that there's probably a Perl module that extracts > it and from there it's just a matter of working out a file format and > 'slinging' it over to the web server. > > Anyone got an idea for how to extract this data? (Without all the > error-prone cut-n-paste, etc?) You'll want to start out by getting the information I would suggest curl or wget and then use perl to extract the information you want. HTH -- Leonard Isham, CISSP Ostendo non ostento.
