[thelist] Embedding remote Web content with #include under IIS 4.

[David Adams]

I'm trying to find a way of using include statements to embed responses from
remote Web servers. Something similar to this:

    #include file="http://www.foo.com/latest.txt"

Why? I've got a number of databases that can respond to requests over HTTP.
(Since the HTTP interface already exists, I'd like to reuse it rather than
using a normal data access mechanism.) If I can insert text from a remote
host with an #include of some sort, I can easily create dynamic content
drawn from different data sources. Obviously, this is not a standard SSI
statement. Does anyone know of a product that adds this feature to IIS? To
Apache? 

Thank you,

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  David Adams
  Island Data Management
  Kailua, HI 96734
  dpadams at island-data.com
  http://www.island-data.com/
  808/263-2905
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