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Automatically Updating Stock Listings

new to jscript, wondering if its possible

         

Big_Yuan

4:50 am on Aug 12, 2005 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Sorry if this is a little simple, but I am new to Javascript.

I am running a small website that caters to a particular market niche, and I wanted to display a list of stocks (completely picked by me) that are updated through a javascript call. Is this possible, and can anyone point me to a site that will give me an intro?

kaled

11:00 am on Aug 12, 2005 (gmt 0)

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If I understand you correctly, you want to use javascript to display/process data that is held on your server.

For this task you need to use a server-side scripting language such as perl.

It sounds like you have bespoke requirements so you'll either have to learn perl (or php, etc.) or employ someone to write the code for you. Having said that, you may be able to find a script that is similar to your requirements and adjust it but you would still need programming experience for this.

Kaled.

Rambo Tribble

1:24 pm on Aug 13, 2005 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



This really sounds like a job for an RSS feed. Updating at the client, however, requires the client to periodically issue a request.