Service to connect to web and return data to vb variables

[monsieurmark777]

Hi all, I hope this post finds you well.

Not sure which forum to put this in but I have a very general question concerning creating a service in VS2008 that runs in the background, I would like to do something but wanted to check it was humanly possible first as I only installed VS2008 two days ago:

I would like to create a service that has a timer, say 5 seconds. Every 5 seconds the service will connect to the website : QuoteRSS.com: SWV.GR take the 5 values stated on the returned page and drop them into an sql database.

Timer I can do, link via vb to database I can do, update db I can do, but am I shooting the moon in wanting to link to the web and pick up data and drop them into vb variables via a service built in VS2008?

Ta and good weekend!

Mark

 

[jmcilhinney]

That's all fine. The WebClient class will do your downloading for you, then you just process the data and use a SqlCommand to insert it into the DB.