New Posts For Thread: ****** web query pulling data from sportingLife no longer workinghttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28704765/web-query-pulling-data-from-sportinglife-no-longer-workingI use Excel to pull data from www.sportinglife.com (amongst others) by using a web query in VBA. Until today all was fine, but now the web query freezes. If I load the url in IE then it's fine - it loads almost instantaneously - but if I open up aThanks GJ - sorry you crashed...Maybe the ads are using something new and whizzy that webQ just can't handle... would go some way to explaining the random nature of SL urls freezing. Yet another reason to hate flash ads Just posted on tek-tips, buthttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28704765/web-query-pulling-data-from-sportinglife-no-longer-working?post_id=512850359#512850359Thanks GJ - sorry you crashed...Maybe the ads are using something new and whizzy that webQ just can't handle... would go some way to explaining the random nature of SL urls freezing. Yet another reason to hate flash ads Just posted on tek-tips, butSun, 20 Nov 2011 14:18:54 -0600Sportinglife link worked fine but the telegraph crashed my 2003 version too :( Could well be the flash, MrExcel site is probably your best bet to get an answer.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28704765/web-query-pulling-data-from-sportinglife-no-longer-working?post_id=512848599#512848599Sportinglife link worked fine but the telegraph crashed my 2003 version too :( Could well be the flash, MrExcel site is probably your best bet to get an answer.Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:48:56 -0600oh a reply! thank you for that.. url is:http://horses.sportinglife.com/Full_Results/0,12493,471638,00.htmland another one which is causing the same error is http://www.telegraph.co.uk/the telegraph one has a flash ad at the top (bloody flash)... coulhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28704765/web-query-pulling-data-from-sportinglife-no-longer-working?post_id=512845325#512845325oh a reply! thank you for that.. url is:http://horses.sportinglife.com/Full_Results/0,12493,471638,00.htmland another one which is causing the same error is http://www.telegraph.co.uk/the telegraph one has a flash ad at the top (bloody flash)... coulSun, 20 Nov 2011 12:32:50 -0600Might help if you say what page is giving problems, I'm having no problem importing stuff from SL into excel with simple webquerieshttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28704765/web-query-pulling-data-from-sportinglife-no-longer-working?post_id=512844025#512844025Might help if you say what page is giving problems, I'm having no problem importing stuff from SL into excel with simple webqueriesSun, 20 Nov 2011 12:04:03 -0600I use Excel to pull data from www.sportinglife.com (amongst others) by using a web query in VBA. Until today all was fine, but now the web query freezes. If I load the url in IE then it's fine - it loads almost instantaneously - but if I open up ahttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28704765/web-query-pulling-data-from-sportinglife-no-longer-working?post_id=512842789#512842789I use Excel to pull data from www.sportinglife.com (amongst others) by using a web query in VBA. Until today all was fine, but now the web query freezes. If I load the url in IE then it's fine - it loads almost instantaneously - but if I open up aSun, 20 Nov 2011 11:39:20 -0600