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Getting The pattern did not find any matches

Hi ,
i am getting the below error even i did everything finely.

Error: The pattern did not find any matches

I have applied the required pattern and it is ok if i am trying to see the same in "Apply Parten to last Scraped Data" tab; but
at the time of run the same it will show the above error.

Any help welcome.

Thank

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diptirmaya on 10/21/2009 at 4:19 am

Last Responses must be different

diptirmaya,

When you click "Apply pattern to last scraped data" chances are the Last Response then is different than the Last Response you get when you run your scrape. I wouldn't focus on your extractor pattern. Instead I would work on making sure the Last Request of your scraping session matches the Last Request of your proxy session as close as possible.

-Scott

 swilsonmc on 12/21/2009 at 8:05 pm

Agree with Scott

Hi diptirmaya,

I agree with what Scott said. When a scrape is running, the "Last Response" tab is always changing because new pages are being requested frequently. This means that pressing the "Apply pattern to last scraped data" button will work only if the most recently requested page has a matching pattern. If you are suspicious about a certain page not matching your extractor pattern I would try and find a way to navigate to that specific page. Once you are there, you'll be able to check the pattern and make any adjustments. Perhaps temporarily hard coding certain values into a page will allow you to control the navigation?

Thanks,
Rich

 scraper on 12/22/2009 at 2:04 pm