Graybeard
Well-Known Member
I am setting up a 140K item datafeed from a shareasale vendor
the objective is to create a MySQL database and an algorithm to find;
I am not going to be using tools and WordPress
Is there any interest in this and learning how to code this and set it up for advertising media and web site use --or is it really too advanced?
Last Saturday: apply to shareasale.com affiliate network --wait a few days for the approval
Account Approved, sign up to tomtop.com affiliate program, download datafeed this Wednesday, study feed format, feed details
Yesterday: make a new database and start to design the table for this 140K line datafeed
this is what we are talking about;
how i got here
you need to escape the URLs and : = & encode to the MySQL does to freak out and error
create the first table (Mother of all Tables from hell) in the new database I made `share_a_sale` last night ...
can anyone follow this and what i have done so far --or is it all advanced geek-speak to you?
the objective is to create a MySQL database and an algorithm to find;
- the best discounts from the MSRP (full list price) to the selling price
- to find the newest product updates and their in stock status
- to get set up for the ecommerce year end holiday selling season
I am not going to be using tools and WordPress
Is there any interest in this and learning how to code this and set it up for advertising media and web site use --or is it really too advanced?
Last Saturday: apply to shareasale.com affiliate network --wait a few days for the approval
Account Approved, sign up to tomtop.com affiliate program, download datafeed this Wednesday, study feed format, feed details
Yesterday: make a new database and start to design the table for this 140K line datafeed
this is what we are talking about;
how i got here
- wc -L finds the longest line in the datafeed
- you make the first table entry with that line and let the 'tool' MySQL decide the field type i.e. varchar(33) and NOT NULL or NULL if there is no data
you need to escape the URLs and : = & encode to the MySQL does to freak out and error
create the first table (Mother of all Tables from hell) in the new database I made `share_a_sale` last night ...
can anyone follow this and what i have done so far --or is it all advanced geek-speak to you?