Tom Bombadil schrieb: > What if I'd only like to get the latest entries on > www.securityfocus.com/bid? I'd subscribe the maillist or use a webservice if it exists, otherwise you'd have to parse the html source of www.securityfocus.com/bid and find the first field with the bid... Fetching the site is very expensive, takes much time and ressources. > I'd then need a check if #{ URL_MASK % id } == 0 or so, yes? No, 'URL_MASK % id' is like 'sprintf URL_MASK, id', see above for another solution. Regards Florian