You generally either use an API provided by the source of the data, or
they provide some sort of export mechanism for CSVs or delim width or
other flatfiles. Some providers make these available freely, others
charge, and still others don't offer data up at all. It depends highly
on the provider.

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On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Shiva Badruswamy <[address removed]> wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> Suppose I have login information and user permission to pull data from a web
> site/database and publish it in our database/website, say the user's
> financial information, how do I go about doing this? What I am interested is
> knowing:
>
> -�� whether extensive coding is required to do this?
> ��- are there plug and play tools available off the shelf?
> ��- do we have to work with the 3rd party folks to enable this (like some
> permission is required)
>
> We have our client's accounts information stored on 3rd party servers and
> we'd like to be able to pull them to our servers and consolidate on our
> website. People with experience here, have you negotiated such interactions?
> What objections do you face from the 3rd party?
>
> if someone has real good information, then I could barter some of my
> expertise for their knowledge, if necessary. Please message me off list if
> required.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Shiva Badruswamy
> Accuserve Inc
> www.accuserveus.com
>
>
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