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<blockquote data-quote="BrentonJ" data-source="post: 88129" data-attributes="member: 26390">I see the value in this middle tier (especially from a coding complexity point of view)But what I am wondering (and I except that my lack of experience may be showing here) is- if you rely on this one site to 'pull it all together' what happens if they stop running, or start charging?Would the program not be more versatile (if admittedly more complex) if it did this data nexus itself?What I mean is, these other database sites seem to be well established, and as such less likely to change.I put together a horse betting program similar to this (in that it required data from my local TAB) and was rather annoyed at being at the mercy of that provider, until I adjusted it so it would scrape data from different turf sites.Of course; it was a program just for me... so it did not matter if they changed format and the program stopped working, until I adapted, as such I think I can see what you are going for, but still I wonder- if the providers of this middle tier are not reliable, will we not be in the same boat?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrentonJ, post: 88129, member: 26390"] I see the value in this middle tier (especially from a coding complexity point of view) But what I am wondering (and I except that my lack of experience may be showing here) is- if you rely on this one site to 'pull it all together' what happens if they stop running, or start charging? Would the program not be more versatile (if admittedly more complex) if it did this data nexus itself? What I mean is, these other database sites seem to be well established, and as such less likely to change. I put together a horse betting program similar to this (in that it required data from my local TAB) and was rather annoyed at being at the mercy of that provider, until I adjusted it so it would scrape data from different turf sites. Of course; it was a program just for me... so it did not matter if they changed format and the program stopped working, until I adapted, as such I think I can see what you are going for, but still I wonder- if the providers of this middle tier are not reliable, will we not be in the same boat? [/QUOTE]

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