Friday, January 25, 2008

DB Maker: Extract data from text, html, xml and other files


DB Maker was created to solve numerous problems in the extraction of information from text, HTML, rss, xml and other files, and for creating databases in a form amenable for subsequent processing. For example, in a certain text file (or on a certain site), say there is information that is valuable for you about incoming orders and containing the following data: “Date of order” and “Last name-First Name-Middle Name” (LFN) for 1000 orders (it is possible to think up and supply some kind of amusing example). To process this information you have the following options:

First: select with the mouse “Date of order” and copy it into a field defined by your database and do this 1000 times, then select the LFM content and also copy it 1000 times into the corresponding field. And if you need to break apart LFM into three fields “Last name”, “First name”, “Middle name,” then this requires 3000 operations!

Second, and more productive: define parameters of the project in DB Maker and extract this information automatically in a few seconds. You need only to indicate the extraction parameters: for example, that the value of the “Last name” field is located immediately after the word “LFM”, and the next word needs to be placed in the “First name” field, and so on.

DB Maker is thus a powerful tool for processing and structuring information that is absolutely essential for marketers, managers, editors, scientists, IT specialists, or those engaged in e-commerce.

DB Maker is easy to use, it is extremely simple to install and operate. We recommend starting your work by getting an overview of some simple examples, which are stored in in the same directory where you installed the program. You do not have to be a programmer to start a project.

Just as easily you can transform information downloaded from the internet about currency exchange rates, you can transfer lists of debtors or sports results, process any sort of orders, make lists of visitors to a site, and much more.

To download files from the Internet we recommend the Website Extractor. With this program, you can download an entire website or just a part of it, depending on the filter parameters you establish.

www.internet-soft.com/analyzer.htm

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