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SharePoint MOSS BDC for reading in opml feeds

We currently have some c# code that runs and imports data from a number of opml feeds and stores it in several sql server tables.

We are working in a moss environment and I am thinking the Business Data Catalog may be able to be utilised to make this process more robust/efficient.

Can anyone suggest if it can?

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Yes it can, since the BDC is there spcifically to be able to use external data within sharepoint. You will need to have a SharePoint Enterprise edition license to user the BDC though...

Colin  2009-09-24 11:24:14
We have full enterprise moss. Am I right in thinking that the bdc will get the data on the fly, it wont bring any data to moss? Would we still make use of opml feeds? thx
78lro  2009-09-24 11:41:06
the querying against the bdc will on the fly yes, the application definition file will describe only how to connect and use the bdc metadata. more info here :http://www.microsoft.com/industry/professionalservices/businessvalue/marshalingarticle.mspx
Colin  2009-09-24 14:20:11
Would we still make use of opml feeds or would we be mapping directly to the database?
78lro  2009-09-24 14:40:24
to the database is easiest i would say.
Colin  2009-09-24 14:43:17

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