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Create DataSet Manually From Script From Session Variables

Hi,

I am just looking at this software again to see if it will work for my project. One issue I cannot seem to find the answer to on your site is regarding creating a dataset manually. I could automatically but I want to add in a column that is saved in a session variable. But I am getting an error. I have a script run after each pattern match.

if(session.getVariable("DATASET_CREATED") == null)
{
billPayPhonesDataSet = new DataSet();
session.setVariable("DATASET_CREATED", "1");

}

record.put("PHONE_COST", session.getVariable("PHONE_COST"));
record.put("PRODUCT_ID", session.getVariable("PRODUCT_ID"));

//Add the datarecord to the dataset
billPayPhonesDataSet.addDataRecord(record);

I took it that a dataset would always be stored in memory and be global for the length of the scrape but it does not seem to be. Any help would be really appreciated.

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seamus1982 on 02/21/2011 at 10:01 am

Yeah that works perfectly

Yeah that works perfectly thanks

 seamus1982 on 02/23/2011 at 5:46 am

Could be done

What you describe could be done, but I think it would be easier to just use a Java HashSet or HashTable (depending on your needs).

Have a script make a new HashSet at the beginning of the scrape, and save it as a session variable, then when you want to add to it

session.getv("YOUR_NAME").add("value");

 jason on 02/22/2011 at 9:54 am