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Wysocki · 01-25-2005, 04:16 PM

1. Is this a regular event? For example: once per day, once per hour?
Will probably be once a day but I'd like to set it up so that if someone is in the app (Visual Foxpro) and they want to update the website, they can initiate the job from that windows machine.

2. Do you have shell access to your web server? Can you setup cron jobs?
I have shell access although the person sending the data up probably would not. I'm REALLY new to the Linux server so I believe I DO have cron setup capability but I have no idea what that is.

3. Do you have php installed on your windows computer?
No. It could be done if it's not a big effort since I'd have to do this on a couple dozen machines potentially.

4. How big is the csv file? ( in k or mb )
Usually pretty small (<10k) but the initial data load could be a couple meg.

5. Does this process need to be automated? -or- Will you manually execute the transfer?
I would like to initiate the process manually at the windows pc (probably by having the app fire off a batch file for processing). The bat file could do the ftp and whatever but I'd like to have the php code pick up the process automatically once the data gets up to the server.

Thanks for the welcome, kinda strange to be a forum virgin.

I REAALLLY appreciate your quick response!

01-25-2005, 04:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
Wysocki Recruit Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Covina, CA Posts: 23	1. Is this a regular event? For example: once per day, once per hour? Will probably be once a day but I'd like to set it up so that if someone is in the app (Visual Foxpro) and they want to update the website, they can initiate the job from that windows machine. 2. Do you have shell access to your web server? Can you setup cron jobs? I have shell access although the person sending the data up probably would not. I'm REALLY new to the Linux server so I believe I DO have cron setup capability but I have no idea what that is. 3. Do you have php installed on your windows computer? No. It could be done if it's not a big effort since I'd have to do this on a couple dozen machines potentially. 4. How big is the csv file? ( in k or mb ) Usually pretty small (<10k) but the initial data load could be a couple meg. 5. Does this process need to be automated? -or- Will you manually execute the transfer? I would like to initiate the process manually at the windows pc (probably by having the app fire off a batch file for processing). The bat file could do the ftp and whatever but I'd like to have the php code pick up the process automatically once the data gets up to the server. Thanks for the welcome, kinda strange to be a forum virgin. I REAALLLY appreciate your quick response!