Online exchange rate service

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Badger replied

29 January 2009, 08:57
Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock View Post

Interested in your quote Badger as it relates to the Cosmic Dream of the Brahamin which I mentioned earlier.

In other words - it is only - and it ever was - just a dream.

Time to Wake Up - forever.

Woke Up
Fell out of Bed
Drgged a comb across my head ...

What?? No!! Lavagirl said it.
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DS23 replied

28 January 2009, 15:55
drugged being the operative word methinks.
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AlfredJPruffock replied

28 January 2009, 15:51
Originally posted by Badger View Post

Perfect. Many thanks

Interested in your quote Badger as it relates to the Cosmic Dream of the Brahamin which I mentioned earlier.

In other words - it is only - and it ever was - just a dream.

Time to Wake Up - forever.

Woke Up
Fell out of Bed
Drgged a comb across my head ...

Last edited by AlfredJPruffock; 28 January 2009, 15:53.
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Badger replied

28 January 2009, 14:08
Perfect. Many thanks
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DimPrawn replied

28 January 2009, 14:01
Originally posted by Badger View Post

DP, do you have the syntax to return a single stock quote?

Have a look here

http://www.diytraders.com/content/view/26/39/
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Badger replied

28 January 2009, 13:48
DP, do you have the syntax to return a single stock quote?
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DimPrawn replied

28 January 2009, 13:34
I already answered this one.

Simple single value returned, free and simple.

Now move on losers!
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TimberWolf replied

28 January 2009, 13:31
Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post

such as GBP to USD, and it returns the current exchange rate?

Google's:
http://finance.google.co.uk/finance?q=USDGBP or
http://finance.google.co.uk/finance?q=GBPUSD

no good? Or a gadget

I guess not as these are listed first in Google
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PRC1964 replied

28 January 2009, 13:30
XE.Com do a free one (but with an ad) or a paid for one (with no ad): http://www.xe.com/ucc/customize.php
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OwlHoot replied

28 January 2009, 13:28
Wow, that was quick! Many thanks for the prompt reply.

That looks fine - Just what I'm after.
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DimPrawn replied

28 January 2009, 13:24
If always "borrowed" the data from Yahoo using:

http://finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s={0}{1}=X&f=a&e=.txt

where {0} is the from currency symbol and {1} is the to currency symbol and .txt is the return type (can be .csv as well)

e.g.

http://download.finance.yahoo.com/d/...D=X&f=a&e=.txt
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OwlHoot started a topic Online exchange rate service

28 January 2009, 13:19
Online exchange rate service

(Sorry, I guess this really belongs in Technical, but ...)

Can anyone suggest an exchange rate lookup web service, readily accessible programmatically, where you provide from and to currency codes, such as GBP to USD, and it returns the current exchange rate?

I'm not interested in interactive services, which are two a penny (or about 1.8 a cent).

Also, a free service would be better. But the client doesn't mind paying a modest subscription for a reliable service.

AnticiTHANKSpation.
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