Post by: Tinitus on July 10, 2002, 08:28:43 pm
I’m building a small movie database and I want to ad a link that searches the AMG database for a specific director or movie.
I have no problem copying and pasting the direct link into my document but I don’t think this is the best way since the direct link might change in the future.
So - I was hoping somebody here knows how to search the AMG database trough a string of html or maybe something similar.
Anybody...?
Post by: Tinitus on July 11, 2002, 08:30:04 am
Post by: Tinitus on July 11, 2002, 12:10:50 pm
Post by: KingSparta on July 11, 2002, 12:21:01 pm
>> database trough a string of html or maybe something similar
did you contact AMG?
Post by: Tinitus on July 11, 2002, 12:34:31 pm
Well no - I just checked theire site and couldnt find anything on the subject.
Then i thought since MJ is capable of doing this maybe somebody around here could help me with my little prob
(thanks for listening)
Post by: gvag on July 12, 2002, 09:51:45 am
I have no problem copying and pasting the direct link into my document but I don’t think this is the best way since the direct link might change in the future.
I wrote a little program that searches AMG and display the results in a local page, but if AMG ever changes the search form the program would have to be modified accordingly. Plus, if the search returns more than one result you're hooped. So your concern about changes to AMG's site would still hold.
My wife is a movie junkie and was not very happy with this, so I kludged together another program for her that starts up IE Explorer and runs the search for her. It's a kludge because it just sends keystrokes into IE to run the search, something that real programmers would never do.
You welcome to either one, email me and I'll send them to you.
gvag@shaw.ca