Ralph
5/8/2012 3:50:00 AM
On Mon, 07 May 2012 20:43:04 -0400, GS <gs@somewhere.net> wrote:
>Hi folks,
>
>I'm looking to use a website db from a VB6 app but seem to not be able
>to figure out how. I'm okay with local db files, Excel files, and text
>files but totally clueless how to pull data from a website. I really
>want to stick with classic VB (and/or VBA)!<g>
>
>Any advice/pointers will be most appreciated. Thanks in advance...
Farnsworth is correct we need more information.
But the platform or the internal Database used by the web site is
probably of no interest - rather we need to know what kind of data Web
Service it is providing, if any - Perhaps, you only need to strip an
exposed/rendered HTML table of its data?
In other words what mechanism/s are available - Likely to be either
SOAP, WDI, or even UDDI. Add HTTP, HTML, and XML to the mix, and if
any of those acronyms are unfamiliar - then you need to start doing
your homework. <g>
At this point ADO or DAO is of no interest. Those libraries might
enter the picture once the type of service is known, or just as likely
you might write your own access routines since you are using VB.
-ralph