Re: barcode scanner and automated shopping

[Stuart Grimshaw <stuart@xxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 09 Oct 2003 9:53 am, Matthew J Keay wrote:
> I'm pretty sure Stuart Grimshaw has set one up, it'll probably be in
the
> ukha-archive?

Nope, I didn't :-)

I did talk about it though, and someone did offer to set one up (might
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been one of the other Stuarts).

My proposal would be something along the lines of a PostgreSQL Server, 
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web front end, but also direct access for those who want to write their
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apps.

www.upcdatabase.com publishes a snapshot of it's DB on Sourceforge, and
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suggest that as a good starting point for seeding the database. He also=20
mentions a SOAP interface that he was speccing, how far that went, I don't=
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know.

hth,

Stu.