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paulwilco

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Hi

 

The wholesaler i use produce an xml data feed for their stock. How would i go about using this feed to automatically update the stock levels on my oscommerce website. I have a feeling that it wont be easy!

 

Any advice would be greatfully recieved.

 

Paul.

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The wholesaler i use produce an xml data feed for their stock. How would i go about using this feed to automatically update the stock levels on my oscommerce website. I have a feeling that it wont be easy!

 

yeah, probably not easy. you'd have to set up a timed job that will download the xml, parse it, and then insert/update the appropriate values in your tables. it would also probably require some way to map your wholesaler's product numbers to your oscommerce product id.

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yeah, probably not easy. you'd have to set up a timed job that will download the xml, parse it, and then insert/update the appropriate values in your tables. it would also probably require some way to map your wholesaler's product numbers to your oscommerce product id.

 

Blimey, dosent sound simple! Is there anybody i could employ to do this for me?! any idea of how much it would cost?

 

Paul

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