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Re: Getting currency rates



Try it. Throw the program into debug and try for a non-existent web
site...see what it does. You'll probably need to modify the RPG
program to pass back a parameter.

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Adam West <adamster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   Nothing yet.  I am not sure what error codes I should be looking for.
>   I was wondering what other people do with this issue?
>
>
>   I have a doo hickey that checks if my file was updated so that is how
>   I know after the fact so to speak but I would rather deal directly.
>
>
>   >What does the program do if the web site is down?
>   ----- Original Message ----
>   From: Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>
>   To: HTTPAPI and FTPAPI Projects <ftpapi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>   Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 9:39:31 AM
>   Subject: Re: Getting currency rates
>   Use a paid service. That's the problem with web stuff like that. Like
>   anything else, money is a motivator. A company that's being paid to
>   provide a service is more likely to have a reliable service.
>   On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Adam West <[1]adamster@xxxxxxxxx>
>   wrote:
>   >
>   >  This situation could always happen again.
>   >
>   >  What sort of Message should I monitor for in the CL? in case it
>   >  aborts, then I can take action or run a backup site.
>   >
>   >  Thanks.
>   >  Adam
>   >  ----- Original Message ----
>   >  From: Adam West <[2]adamster@xxxxxxxxx>
>   >  To: HTTPAPI and FTPAPI Projects <[3]ftpapi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>   >  Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 2:01:20 PM
>   >  Subject: Re: Getting currency rates
>   >  Thank you, Scott. It does appear that it is back up. This raises
>   the
>   >  question what do other places do for a backup to such a foreign
>   >  currency site? if it does down for whatever reason.
>   >
>   >  Does any web site feed work with that code?
>   >  --- On Thu, 8/28/08, Scott Klement <[4]sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   >
>   >    From: Scott Klement <[5]sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>   >    Subject: Re: Getting currency rates
>   >    To: "HTTPAPI and FTPAPI Projects"
>   <[6]ftpapi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>   >    Date: Thursday, August 28, 2008, 4:29 PM
>   > I did some looking around...
>   >
>   > [1][7]xurrency.com's web site is down, but their domain name is not
>   expired.
>   >
>   > It appears that the site is hosted by [2][8]http://www.hostgator.com
>   -- which
>   > is a company that provides web servers for anyone to use.  You pay
>   them,
>   > and they provide you a web server that you can use to host your web
>   site.
>   >
>   > It appears that [3][9]hostgator.com has suspended xurrency.com's
>   service.
>   > Hard to say why -- either xurrency.com is in the progress of moving
>   to a
>   > new site, or they stopped paying hostgator, or they broke some of
>   > hostgator's usage rules...  hard to know.
>   >
>   > At any rate, this is not a problem with HTTPAPI or your program.
>   >
>   >
>   > Adam West wrote:
>   >>    OK when I try to go that web site I get that it's a suspended
>   > account
>   >>    or something.
>   >>
>   >>
>   >>    so either they are down or we did't pay the fee to them.
>   >
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>   > References
>   >
>   >  1. [11]http://xurrency.com/
>   >  2. [12]http://www.hostgator.com/
>   >  3. [13]http://hostgator.com/
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>   1. mailto:adamster@xxxxxxxxx
>   2. mailto:adamster@xxxxxxxxx
>   3. mailto:ftpapi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   4. mailto:sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   5. mailto:sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   6. mailto:ftpapi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   7. http://xurrency.com/
>   8. http://www.hostgator.com/
>   9. http://hostgator.com/
>  10. http://www.scottklement.com/mailman/listinfo/ftpapi
>  11. http://xurrency.com/
>  12. http://www.hostgator.com/
>  13. http://hostgator.com/
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