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Thread: Getting Vendor Act_No out of GetDiamonds C# Method

Is there any way I can have webServiceManager.GetDiamonds() return a column for Act_No?

We have one Vendor who has allowed access to their listing, but does not want it available for public viewing at this time.  Without the Act_No column being returned from webServiceManager.GetDiamonds(), I cannot filter the records out of the resultant DataTable.

Is there a workaround for this?  If there's no workaround, can RapNet program it into the GetDiamonds() method?  It would be a great column to have returned.  VendorStockNumber is returned, but this particular Vendor does not have an intrinsically unique VendoStockNumber pattern to work with  :)

Regards,
John


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John
08/29/2012 05:26


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No we don't have that in order to prevent data scraping.

If the vendor in question doesn't want their diamonds to appear, they should simply not give you permission at this time, so none of his stones will appear.

Regards,

Leo





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Leo
8/30/2012 1:21:00 AM
Oh, I see.  That's unfortunate.  Data scraping is the farthest thing from my mind at the moment and the notion had not occurred to me.  I was hoping there was a work around, but alas, this appears to be a dead end.

I should clarify that the vendor wants their stones to appear, but on the backend (for the sales dept) and not on the public portion of the site.  I am not privy to their reasoning on this, but that is their current policy and it is certainly subject to change in the future.  For now, I will have the vendor removed from Selected Suppliers pool.

Best,
John


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John
8/30/2012 1:01:00 PM
It would be really cool if we could pass an supplier exclusion array[] to the GetDiamonds() method.  But, that's probably asking too much! 
-john

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John
8/30/2012 1:18:00 PM
yo can not search by sellers but you can exclude unwanted sellers from your feed.

http://www.rapnet.com/RapNet/RetailFeed/FeedSelection/Feed.aspx

Ephraim



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Epharim
9/9/2012 5:53:00 AM