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Can it be Done ??
Hi,
Last week I posted the question below, and was wondering if some one could tell if it can be done as I don't want to keep looking for the answer if it is not possible, I appreciate any help. regards Pete ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Hi All, I have a racing site BetFair of which I want to get the odds from and am having trouble getting the data to import even though I can copy and paste it into excel, there are other sites where I can do this quite easily but for some reason this site will not allow it ( for me anyway ) if after following the link you go to next horse race you will see the data needed shown as AUD back and lay. I am happy to do the work myself I just need any suggestions as to the best way to do this http://global.betfair.com/ thanks in advance for any help regards Pete -- (][ This Email has been scanned by Norton AntiVirus. ][) |
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Pete
Unfortunately, I think copy and paste is the best way. All that info is dynamic, so clicking links doesn't change the URL. That makes it impossible to use a webquery or just open the web page in Excel, because the URL will always point to the home page, not the odds page that you want. There's probably some convoluted way that you could programmatically click links to get to the right place, but if the web site changes even one little thing, you'll get garbage back. -- Dick Kusleika MVP - Excel Excel Blog - Daily Dose of Excel www.dicks-blog.com "OZDOC1050" wrote in message ... Hi, Last week I posted the question below, and was wondering if some one could tell if it can be done as I don't want to keep looking for the answer if it is not possible, I appreciate any help. regards Pete -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ------------------------------ Hi All, I have a racing site BetFair of which I want to get the odds from and am having trouble getting the data to import even though I can copy and paste it into excel, there are other sites where I can do this quite easily but for some reason this site will not allow it ( for me anyway ) if after following the link you go to next horse race you will see the data needed shown as AUD back and lay. I am happy to do the work myself I just need any suggestions as to the best way to do this http://global.betfair.com/ thanks in advance for any help regards Pete -- (][ This Email has been scanned by Norton AntiVirus. ][) |
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Thanks Dick,
I appreciate your advice and help. Regards Pete -- (][ This Email has been scanned by Norton AntiVirus. ][) "Dick Kusleika" wrote in message ... Pete Unfortunately, I think copy and paste is the best way. All that info is dynamic, so clicking links doesn't change the URL. That makes it impossible to use a webquery or just open the web page in Excel, because the URL will always point to the home page, not the odds page that you want. There's probably some convoluted way that you could programmatically click links to get to the right place, but if the web site changes even one little thing, you'll get garbage back. -- Dick Kusleika MVP - Excel Excel Blog - Daily Dose of Excel www.dicks-blog.com "OZDOC1050" wrote in message ... Hi, Last week I posted the question below, and was wondering if some one could tell if it can be done as I don't want to keep looking for the answer if it is not possible, I appreciate any help. regards Pete -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ------------------------------ Hi All, I have a racing site BetFair of which I want to get the odds from and am having trouble getting the data to import even though I can copy and paste it into excel, there are other sites where I can do this quite easily but for some reason this site will not allow it ( for me anyway ) if after following the link you go to next horse race you will see the data needed shown as AUD back and lay. I am happy to do the work myself I just need any suggestions as to the best way to do this http://global.betfair.com/ thanks in advance for any help regards Pete -- (][ This Email has been scanned by Norton AntiVirus. ][) |
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instead of using the normal betfair website address try this http://lite.betfair.com select your event and press the yellow arrow mark to get your data works for me no prob -- scottymellot ----------------------------------------------------------------------- scottymelloty's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...nfo&userid=380 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread.php?threadid=26376 |
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